Hyun-Sun Park

Ko Hyun-jin, who previously served as the CEO of Microsoft Korea, recently became the president of the Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency (KIPA). KIPA is a government agency that promotes the development of the Korean software industry and software exports, exerting a lot of power over the local software industry. Mr. Kos appointment has come […]

SEOUL, South Korea—Public reaction has been universally negative here to the U.S. Department of Commerces decision late last month to impose a 57 percent tariff against memory-chip imports from Koreas Hynix Semiconductor. Insiders say the tariffs are unjustified and may be only the beginning of U.S. government-sanctioned financial pressure against Korean chip makers. The larger-than-anticipated […]

SEOUL, South Korea—Advancements in mobile phone technology and the widespread adoption of broadband access are fueling a boom in digital content here, according to industry experts. In spite of the global downturn in IT spending, the South Korean market for digital content last year exceeded $3 billion, up 38.5 percent from 2001. The impressive numbers […]