Public Pay Phones Still Active Despite Ubiquity of Mobile Phones

SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Public pay phones, once the most popular means of communication, are slowly disappearing with the rise of mobile phones. There were roughly 153,000 public telephones in South Korea in 1999. Now, the number has dropped to 37,000. Public pay phones that remain to this day are mainly used during [...]