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Road to Recovery of Korean Display Industry's Pride
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
The writer is professor of the School of Electrical Engineering, College of Engineering, Seoul National University -- Ed. What differentiates the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) from other academic circles, where professors or special scholars took the initiative in forming such bodies, is that in the case of IMID it was industrial circles that took the initiative directly to establish IMID. At that time when IMID was launched in June 1999, Korea was in the vanguard, holding sway with an unshakable No.1 positio
Guild Wars, Lineage II Show in ASEM 2006
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
Game & Contents / NCsoft NCsoft, a global leader in online game trends, will participate in the ASEM 2006 to be held in Helsinki, Finland on Sept. 10-11, with its two most popular games.Guild Wars and Lineage II. "Ahead of the world market debut of Nightfall, the third chapter of Guild Wars, NCsoft held the first closed test at home at the end of July," a company spokesman said. Guild Wars Nightfall, the next game in the award-winning and critically acclaimed Guild Wars series, will be available in stores worldwide on Oct.
News Briefs
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
An Independent state With a Great Future; Uzbek The Embassy of Uzbekistan usually holds a huge national party day to commemorate its Independence Day. The 15th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan held at the Seoul Millennium Hilton on August 29, 2006 was no exception. In his speech, Ambassador Vitali V.
Nuclear Power Technology Export and its Prospects
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
Careful preparation essential for the future of new nuclear power By Lee Mun-ki Korea, which became the 21st country in the world to possess nuclear power with the coming into operation of the KORI nuclear power plant in April, 1978, has accomplished enormous development in the nuclear field over the past 20 years.
Korea Intellectual Property Office Focuses on Semiconductors
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
Korea Intellectual Property Office Focuses on Semiconductors On August 30, the Korea Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) has opened a Korean Semiconductor Intellectual Property Exchange (KIPEX), which has been established in order to support the semiconductor intellectual property transactions for medium and small businesses. By building a user-centered distribution system along with the development of a proof system, KIPEX plans to facilitate and expand intellectual property (IP).
Asia, Europe Continuing Long Tradition of Pursuing Exchange
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
Special Report / ASEM 2006 ASEM in its tenth year: looking back, looking forward The ASEM Summit in Helsinki 2006 is expected to provide Korea with a good opportunity to construct a relationship of comprehensive collaboration with Finland, a leading country in the 21st century knowledge economy society.
Focus to Spread Nuclear Medicine Technology to Less Developed Countries
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
Academia / The 9th Congress of the WCNMB Setting up third-world countries with modern medical technology With the goal of joining efforts to improve the quality of nuclear medicine for the continuous advancement of medical knowledge and enhancement of patient care, the 9th World Congress of Nuclear Medicine and Biology (WCNMB 2006) will held from October 22nd through October 27th, 2006 in the COEX convention center, Seoul. Under the theme "The Global Harmonization and New Horizons of Nuclear Medicine" this World Congress is thus
Number One Place for Conventions in Seoul Just Got More Interesting
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
Hotel Spotlight/ Grand Hilton Seoul Award-winning Grand Hilton Convention Center showcases new restaurant decor Where is the best convention center? In Korea, we know the answer easily. Grand Hilton Seoul Hotel was awarded the Best Brand prize at the field of convention based on the survey of 2,563 Times readers conducted June 2 and 13, 2003 by Korea Times. Since it opened in late Dec. 2001, it has become the venue of choice for domestic and international meetings and conventions.
Korea's Need for Effective Branding
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
Essay This essay is the sixth in Tom Coyner's series of six articles. Understanding Korean management can be a full-time occupation. Tom Coyner briefly explores one aspect that directly impacts on how things are done. A fuller exploration of this and related matters will be published later this year in a book co-authored by SH Jang and Tom Coyner on doing business in Korea....Ed. This week I'm writing from Tokyo, the city where I discovered Asia 35 years ago as a Waseda University student.
IT Exports Growing Steadily With No End in Sight
Thursday, August 31st, 2006
MIC News IT exports for July recorded 8.6 million USD.a 3.5% increase compared to the previous years. According to the Ministry of Information and Communication, despite overall reduction of export costs and sluggish exports of mobile phones, IT exports for July recorded 8.6 billion USD, a 3.5% increase compared to the previous year. With imports recording 4.7 billion USD mainly of semiconductors and PCs, overall IT trade volume recorded a profit of 3.8 billion USD. Exports of display panels, semiconductors, and digital TV increased, however exports of mobile phones decreased slightly.
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