AWS Direct Connect announces new location in Seoul, South Korea

Today, AWS announced the opening of a new [AWS Direct Connect](https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/) location within the Digital Realty ICN10 data center in Seoul, South Korea. By connecting your network to AWS at the new location, you gain private, direct access to all public AWS Regions (except those in China), AWS GovCloud Regions, and AWS Local Zones. The new location is the third Direct Connect location in Korea and offers dedicated 1Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps connections, with optional MACsec encryption available. Additional speeds may be available from [AWS Direct Connect partners](https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/partners/). The Direct Connect service enables you to establish a private, physical network connection between AWS and your data center, office, or colocation environment. These private connections can provide a more consistent network experience than those made over the public internet. Using the Direct Connect SiteLink feature, you can send data between Direct Connect locations to create private network connections between the offices and data centers in your global network. For more information on the over 115 Direct Connect [locations](https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/locations/) worldwide, visit the locations section of the Direct Connect [product detail pages](https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/). Or, visit our [getting started](https://aws.amazon.com/directconnect/getting-started/) page to learn more about how to purchase and deploy Direct Connect.