IT companies in Korea have built up a strong reputation over many years as excellent hardware manufacturers, especially in the field of memory and flat panel displays. But the Korean software industry has always been lagging behind. While there are some game companies in Korea that have a portion of international mindshare, useful software applications are not normally Korea's forte. There's never really been anything to write home about. However, it doesn't have to be that way. Korean comp... [2008-12-16]

PPuberty, if you are not too old to remember it, was not much fun. Suddenly, within the space of a few days, you probably went from being a happy, energetic child to being a moody, spotty teenager who felt that the whole world was against you. Looking back on it now, at the time it was probably a terrible experience, but a necessary one. The lessons you learned then may have turned you into a sensible, responsible adult. The Korean economy has just hit puberty - it feels confused, frustrated, ... [2008-11-07]

  After a year that has rained stones on the Korean IT industry, it was the news that nobody wanted to hear. In some shady back-alley dealings, GS Caltex, one of the biggest oil refineries in the country was caught with its trousers down as police swooped to intercept a gang of its employees while they were attempting to sell off private data on some eleven million plus of their company's customers. Only a few weeks ago, GS Caltex had been doing their best to get its customers to sign up t... [2008-10-14]