News Focus
Sci/Tech
Sci/Tech
Sci/Tech
- Korean chip makers secure higher market share, win laws...
- May 20, 2011
- Korean semiconductor manufacturers received good news from overseas recently, increasing their share of the world market and winning lawsuits against overseas firms.Samsung Electronics Co., the world's second-largest semiconductor company, narrowed its gap with Intel, the world l...
- Seoul city govt. to use eco-friendly cars
- Apr 28, 2011
- The Seoul City Government will start using hydrogen fuel-cell powered cars for official events from April 21.Thirty-three hydrogen cars, including Hyundai-Kia Mohaves, were delivered to the city government, which has already started using 15 of the vehicles and will put the rest ...
- Korea to lead smart TV market
- Apr 14, 2011
- The government reported at the weekly economic coordination meeting on April 6 that it plans to invest 54.3 billion won ($49.8 million dollars US) this year to help local companies maintain their lead in the global smart TV market. The Ministry of Knowledge Economy, the Korea Com...
- Renewable energy leading next-generation industry in Ko...
- Apr 13, 2011
- When you think of solar powered houses, what is the first thing comes to mind? If you thought of a solar panel or photovoltaic module, it’s time to rethink green energy. The new Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) system produces energy by using special construction mat...
- Korean mobile phone company lauded by AT&T
- Mar 25, 2011
- Korean mobile phone manufacturer Pantech announced that it received top marks for the third time in a row on the AT&T Supplier Performance Review. AT&T uses Supplier Performance Reviews to evaluate its mobile phone manufacturers three times each year and offers advan...
- Pyeongchang's Winter Olympics bid supported by Korean I...
- Feb 16, 2011
- Korea's state-of-the-art IT technology will be showcased during the ongoing inspection by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission in Pyeongchang, one of three cities bidding to host the Winter Olympics in 2018.Gangwon Province recently announced that it wi...
- Children playing with LED lights to celebrate the 1st f...
- Feb 14, 2011
- Four days ahead of Jeongwol Daeboreum, the first full moon of the lunar year, children are having fun playing "jwibulnori" with LED lights on Feb. 13. Jwibulnori is a folk game from the days when people would burn the dry grass on the ridges between rice fields, while children wh...
- Korea tops the EIU’s government broadband index
- Feb 11, 2011
- The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) has published its first-ever Government Broadband Index (gBBi) on February 9, and Korea scored the highest out of all nations included. The index is the first to assess countries on the basis of government broadband planning. Korea received a...
- Smartphones, apps create a new Korean wave
- Feb 07, 2011
- Thanks to the latest smartphone boom in popularity, Korea now ranks as one of the world's top ten smartphone markets, creating a new "IT Hallyu," or Korean wave.According to the recent market survey by Canalys, Google's Android platform became the world leader in the fourth quart...
- Korea to host ITU Plenipotentiary Conference in 2014
- Oct 27, 2010
- In 2014, Korea will host the Plenipotentiary Conference of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), an international event for the information and communications technology (ICT) sectors.At the 18th Plenipotentiary Conference in Guadalajara, Mexico, Korea was officially c...
Copyright © 1999- KOCIS. All rights reserved.