Friday, March 09, 2007
PyeongChang envisages "Ubiquitous" Winter Olympiad with top information technology | Korea.net News
PyeongChang envisages "Ubiquitous" Winter Olympiad with top information technology | Korea.net News: "Date: February 18, 2007
A wireless network between competition venues extending to a radius of 45 kilometers, LCD displays of more than 200 inches in width and the live broadcast of sporting events through mobile phones are among the features expected in seven years' time if PyeongChang is chosen for the 2014 Winter Olympiad."
A wireless network between competition venues extending to a radius of 45 kilometers, LCD displays of more than 200 inches in width and the live broadcast of sporting events through mobile phones are among the features expected in seven years' time if PyeongChang is chosen for the 2014 Winter Olympiad."
Online campaign to plant Taegeukki in cyberspace begins| Korea.net News
Online campaign to plant Taegeukki in cyberspace begins| Korea.net News: "Date: March 01, 2007
The Ministry of Information and Communication has launched an online campaign to encourage users to hang Korean national flags in cyberspace.
The ministry said on Monday (Feb. 26) it will launch a campaign to hang Korea's national flag in cyberspace along with major online portal websites to mark Thursday's 88 anniversary of the March First Independence Movement Day, or the Samil Movement."
The Ministry of Information and Communication has launched an online campaign to encourage users to hang Korean national flags in cyberspace.
The ministry said on Monday (Feb. 26) it will launch a campaign to hang Korea's national flag in cyberspace along with major online portal websites to mark Thursday's 88 anniversary of the March First Independence Movement Day, or the Samil Movement."
Tour takes Dynamic Korea to college campuses worldwide| Korea.net News
Tour takes Dynamic Korea to college campuses worldwide| Korea.net News: "Date: March 03, 2007
A trio of students from Yonsei University will go on a six-month overseas trip to promote Korea's image around the world."
A trio of students from Yonsei University will go on a six-month overseas trip to promote Korea's image around the world."
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
The Korea Times : Cyworld Fever Cools
The Korea Times : Cyworld Fever Cools: "Cyworld Fever Cools
Tens of millions of people still frequent Cyworld, South Korea's top social-networking site, but they spend less and less time on the popular Internet site.
KoreanClick, the domestic online consultant company, Wednesday said the number of monthly visitors to Cyworld is almost unchanged at slightly more than 20 million since April 2005.
But their average time on the site declined after peaking at six hours and 48 minutes in July 2004. The figure tumbled to five hours and 28 minutes in July 2005, four hours and 49 minutes in June 2006 and four hours and 21 minutes last month."
Tens of millions of people still frequent Cyworld, South Korea's top social-networking site, but they spend less and less time on the popular Internet site.
KoreanClick, the domestic online consultant company, Wednesday said the number of monthly visitors to Cyworld is almost unchanged at slightly more than 20 million since April 2005.
But their average time on the site declined after peaking at six hours and 48 minutes in July 2004. The figure tumbled to five hours and 28 minutes in July 2005, four hours and 49 minutes in June 2006 and four hours and 21 minutes last month."
The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper
The Korea Herald : The Nation's No.1 English Newspaper: "Digital textbooks to debut next year
Digital textbooks will be launched at elementary schools from next year, the Education Ministry announced yesterday.
The digital system will allow students view learning material and communicate with teachers using internet-connected tablet laptops.
Starting next year, all subjects for fifth- and sixth-grade students at elementary schools will be available digitally, according to ministry officials.
It will be run at 20 elementary schools next year and will be expanded to about 100 elementary, middle and high schools nationwide by 2012."
Digital textbooks will be launched at elementary schools from next year, the Education Ministry announced yesterday.
The digital system will allow students view learning material and communicate with teachers using internet-connected tablet laptops.
Starting next year, all subjects for fifth- and sixth-grade students at elementary schools will be available digitally, according to ministry officials.
It will be run at 20 elementary schools next year and will be expanded to about 100 elementary, middle and high schools nationwide by 2012."
LG plans to demonstrate enhanced mobile communications technology next week| Korea.net News
LG plans to demonstrate enhanced mobile communications technology next week| Korea.net News: "Date: February 08, 2007
Korea's LG Electronics Inc. will demonstrate an enhanced mobile communications technology designed to improve data transfer speed next week, its officials said."
Korea's LG Electronics Inc. will demonstrate an enhanced mobile communications technology designed to improve data transfer speed next week, its officials said."
Samsung's Ultra Edition receives best handset award at global tech show | Korea.net News
Samsung's Ultra Edition receives best handset award at global tech show | Korea.net News: "Date: February 14, 2007
Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday (Feb. 14) that one of its slim phone models has been given the best handset award at a prestigious global tech show."
Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday (Feb. 14) that one of its slim phone models has been given the best handset award at a prestigious global tech show."
Korea to test run 1st U-city this March | Korea.net News
Korea to test run 1st U-city this March | Korea.net News: "Date: March 07, 2007
Armed with high-end technology, Korea's first ubiquitous city will come on-line at the end of this March.
Korea Land Corporation said Monday (March 5) it will test run ubiquitous city (U-city) service for about 50 percent of the residential units in Dongtan New Town in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do (province), at the end of this month."
Armed with high-end technology, Korea's first ubiquitous city will come on-line at the end of this March.
Korea Land Corporation said Monday (March 5) it will test run ubiquitous city (U-city) service for about 50 percent of the residential units in Dongtan New Town in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi-do (province), at the end of this month."
Investigative Journalism and Speculation - OhmyNews International
Investigative Journalism and Speculation - OhmyNews International: "[Book Review]: 'The Hidden History of the Korean War' by I.F. Stone"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Community Sites: a Portal to Crime
Some 30 cyber crime investigators from the national Police Agency gathered Monday to discuss the growing threat of crime posed by community sites. Community sites or discussion boards are both a blessing and a curse of the information superhighway. Allowing users to find like-minded people the world over, they also offer new opportunities for crime. Fraud, defamation, gambling, stalking, the sale of drugs and even murder, officers say, are facilitated by the Internet."
Some 30 cyber crime investigators from the national Police Agency gathered Monday to discuss the growing threat of crime posed by community sites. Community sites or discussion boards are both a blessing and a curse of the information superhighway. Allowing users to find like-minded people the world over, they also offer new opportunities for crime. Fraud, defamation, gambling, stalking, the sale of drugs and even murder, officers say, are facilitated by the Internet."
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Virtual Cures for Real Illness
Therapy exposing patients to virtual reality environments is gaining ground. Originally used to treat psychological disorders, it is now also used to help rehabilitation for some physical conditions such as paralysis and stroke.
The treatment typically means creating a virtual situation patients fear or are averse to. Thus acrophobia sufferers may be put in a virtual glass elevator at a dizzying height, or those suffering from motion sickness are put in a veering car. For paralysis and stroke patients, a virtual sport such as swimming, soccer, ski or walking can aid rehabilitation treatment. They are put in a customized virtual reality environment that adjusts to their pulse and respiration recorded every 1/1,000 of second by a sensor attached to their body. They can press a button to let the doctor know when they have problems."
Therapy exposing patients to virtual reality environments is gaining ground. Originally used to treat psychological disorders, it is now also used to help rehabilitation for some physical conditions such as paralysis and stroke.
The treatment typically means creating a virtual situation patients fear or are averse to. Thus acrophobia sufferers may be put in a virtual glass elevator at a dizzying height, or those suffering from motion sickness are put in a veering car. For paralysis and stroke patients, a virtual sport such as swimming, soccer, ski or walking can aid rehabilitation treatment. They are put in a customized virtual reality environment that adjusts to their pulse and respiration recorded every 1/1,000 of second by a sensor attached to their body. They can press a button to let the doctor know when they have problems."
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "New Lee Hyo-lee Pics Stir Emotions in Cyberspace
A set of pictures of Lee Hyo-lee by photographer Park Ji-hyuk in the March edition of the fashion magazine W-Korea has set tongues a-wagging in cyberspace. Under the theme that “Love is endless repetition of sweet and cruel moments,” it shows the K-pop superstar in a variety of world-weary poses in what appears to be an illicit encounter with a man in a hotel room."
A set of pictures of Lee Hyo-lee by photographer Park Ji-hyuk in the March edition of the fashion magazine W-Korea has set tongues a-wagging in cyberspace. Under the theme that “Love is endless repetition of sweet and cruel moments,” it shows the K-pop superstar in a variety of world-weary poses in what appears to be an illicit encounter with a man in a hotel room."
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "WiBro in Crisis as Service Flops in Korea"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Hackers Attack 92,000 Korean Computers"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Cheap Chinese MP3 Players Take Hold
Low-end MP3 players ranging from W10,000 (US$1=W935) to W30,000 are selling well on Internet shopping sites. While big Korean MP3-player makers struggle with overheating competition and poor sales abroad, cheap MP3 players from China and elsewhere are finding a niche in Korea."
Low-end MP3 players ranging from W10,000 (US$1=W935) to W30,000 are selling well on Internet shopping sites. While big Korean MP3-player makers struggle with overheating competition and poor sales abroad, cheap MP3 players from China and elsewhere are finding a niche in Korea."
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Samsung to Challenge Nokia for Mobile Phone Lead"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Cell Phone-As-Credit-Card Scheme to be Trialed"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Fourteen Percent of Korean Kids Addicted to Net
More than three out of 10 adolescent Koreans or 31.8 percent are so absorbed in cyber-surfing that they cannot control themselves from logging onto the Internet, a survey has found."
More than three out of 10 adolescent Koreans or 31.8 percent are so absorbed in cyber-surfing that they cannot control themselves from logging onto the Internet, a survey has found."
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Real-Name Use to End Malicious Online Messages
Anonymous posts will no longer be allowed on Internet portal sites from July. The Ministry of Information and Communication on Thursday announced a limited real-name system to establish a healthy Internet culture after growing complaints about malicious and sometimes libelous messages posted under cover of anonymity. The system will be used for all portal sites with more than 100,000 daily visitors and government websites. Users will be required to register with their real name before posting messages."
Anonymous posts will no longer be allowed on Internet portal sites from July. The Ministry of Information and Communication on Thursday announced a limited real-name system to establish a healthy Internet culture after growing complaints about malicious and sometimes libelous messages posted under cover of anonymity. The system will be used for all portal sites with more than 100,000 daily visitors and government websites. Users will be required to register with their real name before posting messages."
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Prank Calls Drive Mobile Users to Blocking Service. Calls and text messages sent without the caller's ID have become a headache for cell phone users."
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "KTF's Video Calling Service Takes Off"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Cyber-shopping of Foreign Web Retailers on Rise"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Korean Historical Soaps Upset China"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Attack on Internet ‘Traced to Korea’"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Netizens Claim Teachers Helped Students Cheat on SATs"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Netizens Mourn Slain Korean Conscript"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Chosun Ilbo Tax Probe Extended Again"
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea: "Die-Hard Roh Fan Dreams of Terror Against Chosun Ilbo
The actor Myung Gye-nam, a former head of the Roh Moo-hyun fan club Nosamo, writes of his desire to carry out a terrorist attack on the Chosun Ilbo in a new book. The book, a tribute to the president, was published on Monday. In it, Myung includes a picture where the Chosun Ilbo replaces the World Trade Center in flames after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack. Myung says he uses the composite picture as a wallpaper image for his computer and cell phone and wants to rid the nation of the daily. “I want to become a terrorist,” he writes. “The newspaper is the sole monolithic monster remaining in Korean society. Only a man who challenges the Chosun Ilbo, as President Roh did in 2002, should become president in the upcoming election.”"
The actor Myung Gye-nam, a former head of the Roh Moo-hyun fan club Nosamo, writes of his desire to carry out a terrorist attack on the Chosun Ilbo in a new book. The book, a tribute to the president, was published on Monday. In it, Myung includes a picture where the Chosun Ilbo replaces the World Trade Center in flames after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack. Myung says he uses the composite picture as a wallpaper image for his computer and cell phone and wants to rid the nation of the daily. “I want to become a terrorist,” he writes. “The newspaper is the sole monolithic monster remaining in Korean society. Only a man who challenges the Chosun Ilbo, as President Roh did in 2002, should become president in the upcoming election.”"
SK Telecom’s U.S. virtual network service takes No. 1 spot : Business : Home
SK Telecom’s U.S. virtual network service takes No. 1 spot [Hankyoreh]: "Helio service particularly strong in wireless Internet service sales"
LG Electronics clinches exclusive deal to supply 3G handsets to leading mobile carriers : Business : Home
LG Electronics clinches exclusive deal to supply 3G handsets to leading mobile carriers [Hankyoreh]: "South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. said Monday that it beat other competitors including market leader Nokia Corp., to become the sole supplier of third-generation (3G) handsets to the world's major mobile carriers."
Samsung vows to keep up in global mobile phone race : Business : Home
Samsung vows to keep up in global mobile phone race [Hankyoreh]: "Plans include diversification of markets, sticking to premium vision"
TV, Internet games produce addict dads : National : Home
TV, Internet games produce addict dads [Hankyoreh]: "Lack of communication may be ‘protective shell,’ say experts"
Publication of S. Korean papers in science journals up sharply : Business : Home
Publication of S. Korean papers in science journals up sharply [Hankyoreh]: "The number of papers of South Korean scientists in prestigious journals has jumped sharply in the last 10 years, a government report said Tuesday.
The number of the papers in the journals Science, Nature and Cell has risen from a total of two in 1997 to 18 last year, the Ministry of Science and Technology said."
The number of the papers in the journals Science, Nature and Cell has risen from a total of two in 1997 to 18 last year, the Ministry of Science and Technology said."
[Editorial] Portal monopoly stifling health of Internet industry : Editorial & Opinion : Home
[Editorial] Portal monopoly stifling health of Internet industry [Hankyoreh]: "The Fair Trade Commission is going to begin studying whether the country’s Internet portal companies are abusing their dominant position in the market early next month. The market watchdog has gone as far as to create a dedicated team to investigate whether the portals are violating fair trade laws."
Media group, tax service head continue verbal spar : National : Home
Media group, tax service head continue verbal spar [Hankyoreh]: "Newspaper says audit is political; tax head says same about media investigation of his son
Remarks by the commissioner of the National Tax Service (NTS) against a media outlet have ignited controversy. During an interview published in the March edition of the Monthly JoongAng magazine, NTS dommissioner Jeon Goon-pyo said a media outlet which was currently being audited by the NTS was lashing back at him through 'retaliatory coverage.' Though Jeon did not reveal the name of the media organization, observers said he was referring to the Chosun Ilbo, which has been under recent investigation related to inheritance and gift tax practices."
Remarks by the commissioner of the National Tax Service (NTS) against a media outlet have ignited controversy. During an interview published in the March edition of the Monthly JoongAng magazine, NTS dommissioner Jeon Goon-pyo said a media outlet which was currently being audited by the NTS was lashing back at him through 'retaliatory coverage.' Though Jeon did not reveal the name of the media organization, observers said he was referring to the Chosun Ilbo, which has been under recent investigation related to inheritance and gift tax practices."
S. Korean watchdog orders Google to fix unfair contract clauses : Business : Home
S. Korean watchdog orders Google to fix unfair contract clauses [Hankyoreh]: "South Korea's corporate watchdog said Monday it has ordered Google Inc., the world's largest Internet search engine, to revise or delete unfair clauses in its advertisement contracts with Web site operators."
Popular historical TV drama has raked in $50 million : Arts & Entertainment : Home
Popular historical TV drama has raked in $50 million [Hankyoreh]: "‘Jumong’ slated for export to 8 nations so far"
Online community teams up to combat cyber fraud : National : Home
Online community teams up to combat cyber fraud [Hankyoreh]: "Web sites aim to nab Internet bilkers"
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