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Web addresses become multilingual

Source: NewKerala
Seoul : South Korea | about 1 month ago  
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  • In future it will be possible to write an entire website address in any of the world's language scripts
    In future it will be possible to write an entire website address in ...
    Source: AFP
In future it will be possible to write an entire website address in ...
International Public Meeting in Seoul. "This decision is very significant and meaningful for not only Koreans, but all those who are not English native speakers," Kang Hye Young, director of the Internet Name Policy Team at the Korea Internet & Security Agency, told DPA.
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