The problem boils down to language. Interesting content in Korea is in Korean and would be of no interest to the majority English speaking Australian population.
Hence, Australia relies on content from the English speaking world which is dominated on the Internet by the U.S., this translates to trans-pacific cabling to the U.S. West Cost which is pretty pricey.
Hence, Australia relies on content from the English speaking world which is dominated on the Internet by the U.S., this translates to trans-pacific cabling to the U.S. West Cost which is pretty pricey.