Electronics Special

Tracing 50 Years of Korea’s Electronics Industry Development
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Daeje Chin ,  nicknamed a short-statured Goliath in the IT industry, served as Minister of Information and Communications and has always taken center stage in Korea's IT industry. Korea IT Times interviewed Daeje Chin -- who has been on a roll as an entrepreneur, currently working as President & CEO of SkyLake Incuvest -- to learn about the IT 839 policy, which he designed by himself when he was Minister of Information and Communications.

Tracing 50 Years of Korea’s Electronics Industry Development
Thursday, July 15th, 2010

With the Smartphone trends, Today is the golden time for Mobile WiMAX

Today all is possible with internet. From a simple searching for information to social networking, even the banking. It is just a 'can-not-live-without' for modern humans. As the internet develops, it broadens its territory to the outside. As a result, people can access the web everywhere with wireless internet.

Tracing 50 Years of Korea’s Electronics Industry Development
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Advancement and Supplement Points of IT-Strength Korea

The tenth installment in a twelve-part series - Ed.

According to a count in late February, Korea has 48.57 million mobile phone subscribers. All Koreans possess a mobile phone and they have access to information that is only clicks away. This makes Korea an IT powerhouse and a digitally advanced country.

Tracing 50 Years of Korea's Electronics Industry Development
Monday, April 12th, 2010

The first-part of the tenth installment - Ed.

The origin of success, according to author Malcolm Gladwell, is that it takes 10,000-hours of effort to master a skill. Those who overcome become outliers of the world. South Korea is currently ranked first in the world in the Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) with a perfect score of 0.80. This record also results from the combined efforts of the government and its citizens.

Tracing 50 Years of Korea’s Electronics Industry Development
Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

CDMA comes into commercial use

The ninth installment in a twelve-part series - Ed.

Today, many people assume that Korea is number one in the IT business. Thus, it is likely that many scholars, professors, business leaders, and the media like to take a crack at what is behind Korea's success in becoming a powerful IT country.

Tracing 50 Years of Korea’s Electronics Industry Development
Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

The eighth installment in a twelve-part series - Ed.

A Fateful Meeting

Tracing 50 Years of Korea’s Electronics Industry Development
Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

The Birth of Telecommunication

The seventh installment in a twelve-part series - Ed.

History of TDX Today we live in a world that provides a lot of comfortable electronics for everyday life. For example, the electronic phone and the mobile phones provide us with a lot of conveniences. However, do we know the origin of the electronic phone and the mobile phone? Also, do we realize the significance of the electronic phone and the mobile phone?

Tracing 50 Years of Korea’s Electronics Industry Development
Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

The Personal Computer Arrives – A Story of the Early 1980s

The sixth installment in a twelve-part series - Ed.

PC as Zeitgeist

Tracing 50 Years of Korea’s Electronics Industry Development
Monday, November 2nd, 2009

”Radios, cassettes and electronic watches change lifestyle” – A Story of the Late 1970s

The fifth installment in a twelve-part series

New Lifestyle

Tracing 50 Years of Korea’s Electronics Industry Development
Saturday, October 10th, 2009

”Color TV Production Opens a New Vista” – A Story of the Early 1970s

The 1970s was a decade of an economic leap forward for Korea. The then Ministry of Commerce and Industry formulated and implemented an “eight-year plan for the promotion of the electronics industry” for the 1969-1976 period.
What Korea’s Electronics Industry Has Done
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2009

“The Electronics Industry Gains Momentum” – A Story of the 1960s

Decade of Upheavals

What Korea’s Electronics Industry Has Done
Friday, August 7th, 2009

“The Electronics Industry Is Born” – A Story of the 1950s

Electronics played the leading role in the development of human society and many industries in the 20th century. It was a new challenge, but opened a new vista for Korea’s fledgling economy in the late 1950s.

What Korea’s Electronics Industry Has Done
Wednesday, July 8th, 2009

“At age 15, I set my heart on learning; at 30, I firmly took my stand; at 40, I had no delusions; at 50, I knew the mandate of heaven; at 60, my ear was attuned to the truth; at 70, I followed my heart's desire without overstepping the boundaries of what was right." This is what Confucius says in the Analects, expounding on how he had lived and what he had found at each major turning point of his life.

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