• Economic

    Kakao the invincible under threat

    Popular mobile messenger service Kakao Talk is available on iOS, Android and Blackberry operating systems. The most popular mobile messenger service in the country, Kakao Talk, recently put the IT industry on alert by announcing that it has 42 million subscribers. It has become a must have application for smartphone…

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  • IT-Science

    Television becoming interactive

    A model watches a smart TV from Samsung Electronics at a product launch ceremony held in New York last Tuesday. The introduction of smart TVs and other devices is making television an increasingly social medium. For a long time, television has been regarded as a one-way medium, with viewers passively…

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  • IT-Science

    Korea set to disclose next-generation train

    The preliminary design of Korea’s next-generation bullet train, named HEMU-400X. The government plans to take the wraps off its next-generation bullet train, which can run between the country’s two biggest cities of Seoul and Busan in one and a half hours, a substantial reduction from almost three hours today. The…

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  • Economic

    Naver: online chaebol?

    American Internet giant eBay has been controlling Korea’s electronic commerce markets through its affiliates Auction and Gmarket, but it remains to be seen whether local search king Naver could give it a run for its money. Search giant looks to launch open market service Naver, Korea’s near omnipresent portal accounting…

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  • IT-Science

    ‘CES 2012’ Opens on Jan.10

      Mooly Eden,  Corporate vice president and general manager of the PC Client Group of Intel Corp., demonstrates a two-screen Ultrabook laptop during the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the United States, Jan. 9, 2010. The world’s largest annual consumer technology trade show runs from Jan.…

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    Message from the UN Secretary General

    It gives me pleasure to convey greeting to the Asia Journalist Association on the launch of AsiaN. This new on-line news service begins work at a time when Asia has emerged as one of the new leaders of the global economy. The region’s prosperity and investment around the world continue…

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