Science & ICT

Choi Moon-ki, Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning
Monday, April 22nd, 2013

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.

Software

Shin Seok-kyoo, Vice President of Telecommunications Technology Association.
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013

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.

Investment

Molex Completes Electronic Connector Manufacturing Plant
Friday, May 24th, 2013

BASF to Move Asia-Pacific HQ to Korea

 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.

Technology

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

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.

Food

KFT
Thursday, May 16th, 2013

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.

Robotics

The Legend of Robot Land.
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013

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.

North Korea

Monday, April 29th, 2013

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.

Business

Friday, May 24th, 2013

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.

Real-time News

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Saturday, May 25th, 2013

"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.

Kim Se-mann
Saturday, May 25th, 2013

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.

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

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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Saturday, May 25th, 2013

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.

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Saturday, May 25th, 2013

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.

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Saturday, May 25th, 2013

SEOUL, KOREA – The World IT (WIS) Show 2013 seems to have succeeded in visualizing the Korean government’s creative economy agenda.

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Saturday, May 25th, 2013

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.

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

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.

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Saturday, May 25th, 2013

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.

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

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.

Friday, May 24th, 2013

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.

Friday, May 24th, 2013

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.

Friday, May 24th, 2013

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.

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Tourism

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Thursday, April 4th, 2013

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.

Latest Gadgets

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

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.

Content

Kwak Duk Hoon
Saturday, April 27th, 2013

SEOUL, KOREA - With the advancement of technology, smart learning has enabled people to study at their leisure anytime and anywhere.

KOTRA Global Brand

Kotra Global Brand List
Sunday, October 28th, 2012

If you click the logo, you can download the list of excel spreadsheets. 

Portable X-Ray Units
Monday, February 25th, 2013

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.

KOTRA

Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013

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.

Global News

Friday, May 24th, 2013

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.

Economy

Thursday, May 23rd, 2013

SEOUL, KOREA - We maintain BUY on Hyundai Motor (Hyundai) with a 12M TP of W280,000 at 9x 12MF PE, the trailing average. 

IT Technology

Saturday, May 25th, 2013

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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