A recent market report said Korea is leading mobile Internet usage in the region, and will stay on top until 2018.

According to survey company eMarketer, Korea’s rate of Internet use through mobile devices topped the Asia-Pacific region at around 70 percent, followed by Australia and Japan.

The average mobile Internet usage rate across the region was 30 percent this year, less than half of Korea’s rate.

By Ro Ji-woong (jamesro@heraldcorp.com)