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Around two-thirds of the locally-made anti-virus programs sold during the first half of this year failed to pick up malicious computer codes, according to a survey conducted by the Korea Communications Commission and the National Internet Development Agency of Korea.

Despite the so-called "denial-of-service" attacks last month that paralyzed major Web sites here, 84 local anti-virus programs out of the 134 surveyed failed to detect a single malicious code from the 1,500 online samples tested.

Now is the time to take action to prevent climate change, said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon. He made the remarks in his keynote speech at the opening ceremony of the Global Environment Forum 2009 held at Songdo Convensia in Songdo International City, Incheon on Aug. 11.

LG Innotek has started the mass production of vertical light-emitting diode (LED) chips, which is emerging as a next-generation LED chip technology.

According to industry insiders, on Aug. 4 LG Innotek recently finished developing the vertical LED chip and has begun mass-producing it for lighting equipment.

LG Display is supplying Mercedes-Benz with LCD panels for its car navigation system. This is the first time the world-class carmaker has ever received supplies of Korean LCD panels for its luxury-brand car navigation.

The Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) is scheduled to launch on Aug. 11 at the Naro Space Center. Even though South Korea completed work on its first launch vehicle much earlier, the launch had to be rescheduled five times due to a defect found in the test firing of the stage one rocket.

The government will inject a total of W107 trillion (US$83.8 billion), about 2 percent of the GDP, into the Green Growth sector each year for the next five years. This project is expected to bring from W182 trillion (US$142.5 billion) to W206 trillion (US$161.3 billion) in production induced effects and create 1.56 million to 1.81 million jobs.

Korea and the US should seek green cooperation to create a synergy between the two countries, given their respective economic development policies based on a vision for green growth. Minister of Knowledge Economy Lee Youn-ho made these remarks when he addressed members of the American Chamber of Commerce (AMCHAM), during luncheon held at the InterContinental Hotel in Seoul on June 8.

The launch of Naro (KSLV-I), Korea's first spacecraft, has been finally approved by the government. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology convened a session of the Third National Space Committee on June 2, which reviewed and approved an application for the spacecraft's launch filed by the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI).