"...businesses, too, are hamstrung when it comes to innovation." Maybe. At least for the particular case of an online purchase from a South Korean vendor. But

"...businesses, too, are hamstrung when it comes to innovation." Maybe. At least for the particular case of an online purchase from a South Korean vendor. But when you look at a company like Samsung Electronics, which is "the world's-largest IT producer" according to Wikipedia, and makes very popular Android devices, I'm not too concerned about innovation in South Korea.