As a teenager, we are often asked what we want to be when we grow up. There is the traditional response of becoming the President or a politician, but nowadays, a good majority want to become a businessman or businesswoman. This winter, I was lucky enough to interview a prominent person with intellectual knowledge in business and economics - Professor Chang Sea-jin. Today, Professor Chang is the P

Blast Off!"Hi, my name is Kay Song. If you plan on traveling abroad, don't hesitate to contact me. Here is my card," was the statement that sparked the humble beginnings of BT&I, which is now listed in KOSDAQ as one of the top ten travel management companies in Korea. Originally dubbed 'Itaewon Travel Express', CEO Kay Song would approach pedestrians on the main strip of Itaewon, Seoul's center fo

From a peddler to CEO of a 20 Year Old Boutique in CaliforniaTwenty years ago, daughter of a third generation draper booked a ticket to America without a single plan. This peddler with a bundle of fabrics today in 2010 became an owner of the largest hanbok shop in America.  Hanbok, a traditional Korean costume, is a highly cultural product. If a Korean female with the limited language skill succ

In the nineties, the Internet industry had the explosive power to rain down money in Korea. Being the pathfinders for the mobile industry was like leaving Santa a glass of milk and some cookies on the mantle .Once dreamers now had become mobile leaders. This goes the same for overseas. "When Lars Magnus Ericsson started his company in 1876, he could not have realized what the future would hold.

Korea is an understated country. Maybe that is the reason why one of Asia's most active research and development clusters nestled away in Daedeok Valley has not received the attention internationally of a Silicon Valley. Perhaps the researchers here are simply too busy doing their research in the Korean workaholic style to step back and think about how to publicize their abroad. Or perhaps Koreans

From a Small and Medium-sized Business to a Strong and Medium-sized Enterprise"Genetic Engineering will be the Most Promising New Advance in Medical Technology in the Future" was the headline of a newspaper in 1981 that changed a medical instrument salesman's life. With a newspaper clipping in one hand, he tracked down the professor in the article. When he finally knocked on the door of Professo

The twentieth century has brought some dramatic changes to our lives. We especially know that the cellular phone has revolutionized our daily lives. However, as we progress into the twenty-first century, the functions of the cellular phone have compiled to the point in which the influx of information merely confounds the older generations. Back in the 1970s and 1980s, the vast majority of cellular

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-V

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in provinces face difficulties in many ways in the era of globalization. But if the provincial government or a provincial agency is dedicated to promoting their business overseas, tables could be turned in their favor. As an axiom says, “Things local are already global.” The more local, the closer to globalization.The Gyeonggi Small & Medium Business Cen

Seongnam City in Gyeonggi Province is emerging as a center of advanced knowledge-based industry. The Korea IT Times had an interview with Kim Bong-han, president & CEO of Seongnam Industry Promotion Agency, to introduce the city's industrial environment and strategies to prepare for new growth engines for the future _ ED.Q: Would you introduce Seongnam City's industrial environment?A: Seongnam

Since Aug. 15 when President Lee Myung-bak declared an era of green - an era of low carbon and green growth - green growth policy has been adopted as the nation's first priority.Although Korea was developed into the world's 13th economic superpower, it is the world's 10th greenhouse gas emission country. Over the past years, the state information has been propelled to tide over the limit of indu

There is no doubt that technology has revolutionized the twentieth century. In fact automobiles, telephones, and computers gained their prominence in that era. Such innovation has brought convenience to transportation, communication, and commerce in our society. Many people, however, contend that technology hasn't much changed our lives in the early twenty first century. It is possible is that it'

While reviewing the settlement of Jamestown for my imminent American History test in the St. Mark’s library, I received an unexpected phone call from my mother in Korea. A mother who by now could be walking in Seoul with an iPod, with no choice but to hear the 1000 songs her son downloaded onto her MP3 player. A woman who says she is so happy that she bought an MP3 player that allows her some sort

"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. He went on to explain that now is the time to do other things, and that he wanted to return the benefit of his experience to those people who were interested in developing innovative ideas. He spent many years working wit

There’s no lemonade without lemons, and the economy of the future can’t survive without e-Finance. The Korean government has recently announced that it will invest US$18.6 billion in IT industries, the highest amount in Korean history. But what good is the development of new growth engines if it is only designed to compete in the domestic market? Where is global capital when we need it? Where will

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 inter

Alp Malazgirt is a successful Silicon Valley entrepreneur who showed up in Daejeon Korea in March to try his hand at Korean technology. He is currently advisor to the Sejong Technology Transfer Company located on the KAIST campus which is responsible for such projects as the commercialization of technologies for lithium extraction from seawater. He also serves as the Research Director for the Biot

At the close of the International Conference of Science Parks 2009 in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina, an event bringing together leaders in technology from around the world, the team from Korea's famed Daedeok Innopolis research cluster ascended the stage with a banner proclaiming that they will host the 2010 conference. Suddenly Daedeok Innopolis' CEO Kang Gyedu pointed to a tall bearde

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:Q: Welcome John, how are you today?A: Hey Matthew, I'm doing pretty okay.Q: Can you tell me a little bit more about t

Yau-gene Chan is a charismatic guy, you can tell just by looking at him. He's got big ideas, going to tell you about them, and you're going to enjoy hearing about them. The fact that he was introduced to me by Dr. Kim Wan-hee, called the Godfather of the Korean electronics industry, did not hurt either.And even though I expected to enjoy speaking with Mr. Chan, I was still surprised at the scale