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South Korea plans to fingerprint visitors
Blog The South Korean authorities could fingerprint and photograph foreign visitors from 2012, the Korea Times reported on Tuesday. Should the plans go ahead, Korea will discuss sharing the data with the US, which operates a similar system.
[November 3, 2009, 16:35]
South Korea hits Qualcomm with antitrust fine
News Chipset manufacturer Qualcomm has been fined a record amount by South Korea's Fair Trade Commission for antitrust violations. South Korea is home to some of the world's largest handset manufacturers, notably Samsung and LG.
[July 24, 2009, 16:06]
South Korea plans 'Linux showcase city'
News South Korea is also part-way through a massive rollout of open source software to schools. Korea's Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) will choose which local government agencies and which university will be used for the showcase by the...
[February 21, 2006, 11:10]
South Korea slaps Intel with £13m antitrust fine
News South Korea's antitrust regulator announced on Wednesday that it would fine Intel $25.4m (£13m) for allegedly abusing its dominant position in the local chip market. The Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC) said in a statement that the chip giant had...
[June 5, 2008, 8:24]
South Korea accuses Intel of anti-competitive behaviour
Blog South Korea has sent Intel an equivalent of the EC's 'statement of objections', with accusations of anti-competitive behaviour, according to the Financial Times. After a two year investigation, the South Korean Fair Trade Commission has accused...
[September 12, 2007, 16:57]
South Korea's games target growth
News The seemingly overnight emergence of online gaming serves as a successful case study in South Korea's drive to strengthen its flagging economy with new technologies. In just a few years, online games have become serious competition to movies for...
[June 25, 2004, 14:30]
South Korea: High-tech hothouse
News South Korea has a singular asset when it comes to creating consumer products. South Korea then embarked on a brazenly ambitious project to create a massive broadband system. The lifestyle changes that have accompanied South Korea's technology...
[June 24, 2004, 10:05]
South Korea: World's most advanced mobile technology?
News South Korea has been singled out as the most advanced country in the world for mobile communications, complementing its enviable position as the leader for households with broadband internet connections.
[September 4, 2002, 8:06]
South Korea backs down on Sun
News South Korea's telephone ministry has reversed its decision to force South Korean cellphone service providers to use only Sun Microsystems' download software to sell ring tones, games or other downloadable software.
[April 26, 2004, 10:20]
US, South Korea site attacks traced back to UK
News The denial-of-service attacks launched on websites in South Korea and the US earlier this month appear to have come from a master server in the UK, according to security researchers in Vietnam. The attacks targeted dozens of government and...
[July 15, 2009, 8:29]
South Korea orders Microsoft to unbundle Windows
News In South Korea, Microsoft has been found guilty of violating the Act by tying its Windows Media Player to the Windows server operating system, and its instant messaging program to the desktop version of
[December 7, 2005, 9:25]
South Korea orders Microsoft to unbundle Windows
Talkback South Korea is out of luck if the think they can win this one. Mr. Mendez seems to think you can remove any M$ programs you don't want Try it and see how far you get. M$ designed their product so everything is tied together to prevent competition.
[December 7, 2005, 13:55]
South Korea launches 10,000-school Linux programme
News Jin Ko Hyun, president of the Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA), which is behind the project, said it has taken schools two years to pilot Buyeo, the Korean version of Linux. KIPA is pushing hard to make Linux more readily available to...
[June 22, 2005, 11:15]
North and South Korea unite over Linux
News Bitter political foes South and North Korea are to jointly develop a version of Linux. The idea was suggested by Hee-tak Moon of the Korea Open Source Software Association (Kossa) in South Korea, and approved by the heads of the three IT bodies...
[November 30, 2007, 15:31]
Broadband: How South Korea leads the way
News I think there are a quite a few lessons," said Taylor Reynolds, an International Telecommunications Union analyst who recently completed a survey of Internet and mobile services in South Korea. During construction of the network, about 13.5 percent...
[July 28, 2004, 15:55]
South Korea orders Microsoft to unbundle Windows
Talkback I can't blame any country for feeling suspicious about American products occupying their workplace, but I feel that Microsoft's decision to bundle their products isn't criminal. As a manufacturer, it makes sense that the only way to be certain...
[December 7, 2005, 11:39]
South Korea: High-tech hothouse
Talkback Blame the SK Government. They have pushed tech all the way
[June 27, 2004, 14:02]
South Korea launches 10,000-school Linux programme
Talkback The british car industry is gone while the South Koreans produce, with a profit, cars that look very much like the Jaguar and the Rover. Although I am not british I sometimes wonder. Also they seem to understand the andvantage of OSS.
[June 23, 2005, 1:58]
South Korea's games target growth
Talkback SK's government support of broadband penetration has a lot to do with this.
[June 27, 2004, 13:58]
South Korea orders Microsoft to unbundle Windows
Talkback it just seems that korea are looking for a cash injection and have picked microsoft, as for bundled products, most consumers like the idea of some of their most used applications are already installed, and apple have in past bundled itunes with...
[December 8, 2005, 11:47]
