Measures of Promotion of Digital Economy in South Korea

Digital economy is a relatively new phenomenon that has a great effect on global development. A comprehensive approach to definition and scaling of the digital economy has not yet been proposed; international indexes give only a general idea of a country's preparedness to new challenges of the digital era. This paper focuses on analysis of definitions of the digital economy and methods of its scaling and application of these methods in the case of South Korea. The case of South Korea was selected for analysis due to high position of the country among others in terms of overall development of components of the digital economy. In conclusion the author presents statistical data selected in accordance with the most balanced definition of the digital economy.