The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning has placed the focus of its policy direction for 2013 on creation of jobs, new industries and new demands.
SEOUL, KOREA - These days, software is becoming increasingly complex and applicable to a host of diverse areas. Its usage now includes extremely delicate areas such as automobiles, aircrafts, and power plants.If a software bug causes machines to malfunction in these critical industries, the damage can be irreparable.
In a move to strengthen its electronic materials business in the Asia Pacific, leading German electronic materials supplier BASF will establish the regional headquarters of its Electronic Materials business unit in Seoul in the first half of the year.
SEOUL, KOREA - G2Touch (represented by Lee Sang-ho) announced on May 22 that it started providing local Smartphone makers with TSP based on GF1, a technology of patterning an electrode only once onto the underside of a transparent electrode film.
ILSAN, KOREA - The KFS (Korea Food Show) 2013 (www.koreafoodshow.com) - hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and organized by the Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corp. (aT), KFIA (Korea Food Industry Association) and KINTEX (Korea International Exhibition Center) - has kicked off at the second exhibition hall of KINTEX in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province.
SEOUL, KOREA - The Incheon IT Promotion Agency (IITPA) is working to link the robot industry with the service industry. Their hope is that "IITPA is actively moving forward to link the three core robot business projects with the service industry.This will allows for the cohesion of robot-related research centers with core robot companies," said Cho Sung-kap, president of the agency.
SEOUL, KOREA - Amidst heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula, the focus from global media networks has largely been on the instability in North Korea under the leadership of Kim Jong Un and the threat of potential missile attacks on South Korea. The media has also actively reported on a multitude of other physical threats levied against South Korea, the United States, and their allies.
SEOUL, KOREA - LG Group is going to make a joint company with Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) to manufacture TSP cover glass. Cove glass is a critical material that decides the competitiveness of producing Smartphone TSP.
"The nation's large and small companies should join hands to advance into international environmental market",Yoon Woung-ro, vice chairman of Korea Environmental Industry Association (KEIA) said.
SEOUL, KOREA - With a development of medical technology, being diagnosed with any medical term only means a glorious wound of the real world – the result that speaks for your life to the fullest – not a threat but an opportunity to get back before the second round.
SEOUL, KOREA – The cable TV industry will proactively launch UHD TV services by opening UHD-only channels in the second half of this year. The cable TV industry is anticipated to kick off UHD TV pilot services in about five regions early next year in a bid to commercialize 4k-level UHD TV services by 2015.
SEOUL, KOREA – In the run-up to the official launch of Tizen phones, slated for July, the Tizen camp has set out to secure more killer apps. The Linux Foundation held 2013 Tizen Developer Conference at the Hilton Union Square in San Francisco from May 22 through 24.
SEOUL, KOREA – The chances of “ArcheAge,” a Korean massively multiplayer online role-playing game, becoming a hit game in the Russian market have risen. XLGAMES, the developer and publisher of “ArcheAge,” said Thursday that “ArcheAge” won the Best Foreign Game award from the KRI (a conference for Russian game developers), one of Russia’s largest game conferences.
SEOUL, KOREA – Matchmaking service app “Otgit” has rapidly found favor with users. Amid myriads of matchmaking apps in service, the number of “Otgit” users has risen sharply.
SEOUL, KOREA – South Korean President Park Geun-hye ranked 11th on Forbes’ list of the world’s 100 most powerful women this year. It is the first time for President Park to make Forbes’ annual list and she is also the only Korean on the roster.
SEOUL, KOREA – Samsung Electronics will launch its mid-range mirrorless camera, NX2000, in the domestic market next week. NX2000, which has been put on the US market since early this month, is a follow-up model to strategic mirrorless camera NX300 that was unveiled in March.
SEOUL, KOREA – Samsung Group’s financial arms, which have been somewhat left out of Samsung’s group-wide informatization endeavors, will have “Samsung Electronics-style” infomatization DNA implanted in them as Samsung Group judged that its financial affiliates’ innovation was making slower progress than its non-financial affiliates.
SEOUL, KOREA - Local companies are eager to take the lead in the world’s largest Smart Grid market. As they are at an early stage of advancing into the global market, they plan to secure reference and dominate technology.
SEOUL, KOREA - LG Group is going to make a joint company with Nippon Electric Glass (NEG) to manufacture TSP cover glass. Cove glass is a critical material that decides the competitiveness of producing Smartphone TSP.
SEOUL, KOREA - Samsung’s ‘Galaxy S4’ set a record of passing the 10 million mark for the shortest period of time in the history of the company’s Smartphone sales.
SEOUL,KOREA - Surrounded by groves, guests are enjoying barbeque with chefs outside of Beer Garden in the Renaissance Seoul Hotel on April 4th. The Beer Garden opens from April 5 and will run for seven months.
SEOUL, KOREA - LG Electronics is going to introduce the ‘WCP-300’, the world’s smallest wireless charger with only 6.98㎝ in diameter. The slim and sleek wireless charger is designed to maximize portability. Despite its compact size, the charging area is 1.7 times wider than that of the company’s existing charger, providing the utmost charging efficiency.
인천정보산업진흥원(원장 조성갑)은 2013년 지방벤처 활성화 사업계획 평가 결과 전국 26개 벤처기업육성촉진지구 중 A등급을 받아 사업비 7,100만원(국비 5,100만원, 사비 2,000만원)을 지원받는 등 지난 2012년에 이어 촉진지구 활성화를 위한 지속적인 지원 사업을 추진한다.
There is one company which is spearheading Korea’s X-Ray machine manufacturing industry; Dongmun Co., Ltd. The company has positioned itself as one of Korea’s leading companies in the X-ray manufacturing field. Dongmun Co., Ltd. has been producing a wide range of innovative X-ray machines that make it more comfortable and easier to use such heavy and complicated X-ray products.
SEOUL, KOREA - Brand value is increasingly becoming the source for gaining a competitive edge in the global market. This intangible asset of the brand itself can allow a company to reap profit in the market.
CAMBRIDGE, UK - IDTechEx has recently launched an online browser-based Market Intelligence Portal (www.IDTechEx.com/portal), bringing you in-depth market intelligence and independent analysis throughout the year.
SEOUL, KOREA – The cable TV industry will proactively launch UHD TV services by opening UHD-only channels in the second half of this year. The cable TV industry is anticipated to kick off UHD TV pilot services in about five regions early next year in a bid to commercialize 4k-level UHD TV services by 2015.
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