Interviews

With overall bilateral relations going into a higher level day by day, Korea and Vietnam are cooperating in almost every aspect of economy and technology. Amid such an upbeat atmosphere, the Korean government and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) joined their Vietnamese counterparts, the Vietnamese government and the Post-Telecommunication Institute of Technology (PTIT), at the Korea-Vietnam Information Access Center (IAC), also known as Internet Plaza, in Hanoi on Oct. 22.

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province is emerging as a center of advanced knowledge-based industry.

"I spent all my life developing new technologies, and future technologies. I worked for IBM for many years," explained Dr. Moon J. Kim over breakfast with the Korea IT Times.

The innovative Integration Automatic Meter Reading System called ZigBee Wireless Sensor Network (ZBWSN) developed by LEO Tech Co. Ltd., was shown at the LEO Tech booth in the Incheon International Information Technology Communication 2009 (ITC 2009). It is taking the attention of many buyers because it calculates and inspects meters almost automatically without human work.

The Korea IT Times interviewed John Kim, the founder and CEO of Paprika Labs, using the online video interview service Wetoku.com. The entire 15 minute interview is available below, and we have printed excerpts from it as well.  Check out the full interview here:

I stepped off the bus in Suwon to a beautiful spring-cum-summer day in Gyeonggi province, just about an hour south of the oppressive bustle of Seoul. The majestic concrete wings that gave shelter to the World Cup Stadium here gave a little excess shade to me from what was left over from the stadium.

"The letters I exchanged with the late president Park Chung-hee are historical records of the past. I hope that the letters will fill some missing links in historical records about that past."

Gangwon Province is considered a region with a pristine mountain environment and a long coastline. It has long been the destination of many tourists, Koreans and foreigners alike. Particularly with its beautiful winter landscape as an asset, the province has been wishing to host the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang in 2018. It is also trying to develop its eco-friendly industries, while luring foreign investment.

"Be spoiled in a safe digital world for a month!" The gentle breezes of June are blowing across many events around the country in promotion of a Safe Digital World. The Ministry of Public Administration and Security (MOPAS) and the Korea Information Security Agency (KISA) have aligned with 16 other regional organizations to arrange 76 events for the month of June, in celebration of the 22nd Information Culture Month.