About Korea
 

Telecommunication 
      Infrastructure.
 

Privatization and
      deregulation.
 

Internet Activity.
 

Electronic Commerce.
 

Hardware Manufacturing.
 

Software Development.
 

IT usage by households,
     business, government and
     military.
 

IT labor market.
 

IT geographics.
 

IT financing.
 

Government policies.
 

Legal environment.
 

Analysis: IT strength and
                    weakness.
 

Analysis: Impact on the 
                    Business.
 

Sources and links.
 

About the author.
 

IT Landscape in Nations
 
 
 

 
   IT in Korea 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sources and Links
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

[1]   National Statistical Office.
http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi

[2]   Korea Telecom.
http://www.kt.co.kr

[3]   Korea Telecom
http://www.kt.co.kr

[4]   Korea Telecom
http://www.kt.co.kr

[5]   Korea Telecom
http://www.kt.co.kr

[6]   National Statistical Office. http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V88&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[7]   National Statistical Office.
http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V89&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[8]   Ministry of Information and Communication.
http://webdb.mic.go.kr:8080/english/library/main611.html

[9]  Ministry of Information and Communication.
http://webdb.mic.go.kr:8080/english/library/main611.html

[10]   National Statistical Office.
http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V87&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[11]   National Statistical Office.
http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V84&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[12]   National Statistical Office.
http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V84&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[13]  Korea Telecom.
         http://www.kt.co.kr

[14]  Dacom 
         http://www.dacom.co.kr

[15]  SK Telecom
         http://www.sktelecom.co.kr

[16]   Ministry of information and Communication.
         http://ican.etri.re.kr/ful-bin/SBJWebDemo.csh?f_AUTHOR
            =&key=DOC&qs=%B1%D4%C1%A6&row=682&rl=n&fc=DOC&ssf=&ct=text/html 

[17]   Ministry of Information and Communication
         http://ican.etri.re.kr/ful-bin/SBJWebDemo.csh?qs=%B1%D4%C1%A6&f_
         AUTHOR=&key=DOC&row=682&rl=n&fc=DOC&ssf=&ct=text/html

[18]   Ministry of Information and Communication.
         http://ican.etri.re.kr/ful-bin/SBJWebDemo.csh?qs=%B1%D4%C1%A6&f_
         AUTHOR=&key=DOC&row=682&rl=n&fc=DOC&ssf=&ct=text/html

[19]   Ministry of Information and Communication.
         http://ican.etri.re.kr/ful-bin/SBJWebDemo.csh?qs=%B1%D4%C1%A6&f
         AUTHOR=&key=DOC&row=682&rl=n&fc=DOC&ssf=&ct=text/html

[20]   JoongAng Daily Newspaper.
         http://search.joins.co.kr/asp/snews_content.asp?id=19991028180644&
         keyword=%C0%FC%C0%DA%BB%F3%B0%C5%B7%A1&tablename=NEWS1999

[21]   Samsung Economic Research Institute
         http://seriecon.seri21.org/

[22]   Samsung Economic Research Institute
         http://seriecon.seri21.org/

[23]   National Statistical Office.
         http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V89&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[24]   National Statistical Office.
         http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V8G&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[25]   National Information Center.
         http://www.nic.or.kr/english/net/2_93_00.html

[26]   National Information Center.
         http://www.nic.or.kr/english/net/3_a_93.html

[27]   National Information Center.
         http://www.nic.or.kr/english/net/isp99.html

[28]   http://www.nuri21.co.kr/

[29]   National Statistical Office.
         http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V85&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[30]  Joongang Daily Newspaper.
         http://www.joins.co.kr/news/1999/12/09/all/home19991209185048102210.html

[31]  Samsung Economic Research Institute.
         http://seriecon.seri21.org/ 

[32]   Ministry of Information and Communication.
         http://www.mcsd.co.kr/press/ec/ec5.htm

[33]   Joongang Daily Newspaper.
       http://search.joins.co.kr/asp/snews_content.asp?id=19991102181434&keyword
       =%C0%FC%C0%DA%BB%F3%B0%C5%B7%A1&tablename=NEWS1999

[34]   Joongang Daily Newspaper.
       http://search.joins.co.kr/asp/snews_content.asp?id=19991102181434&keyword
       =%C0%FC%C0%DA%BB%F3%B0%C5%B7%A1&tablename=NEWS1999

[35]   The National Computerization Agency.
         http://www.ecrc.or.kr/jaro.html

[36]   The National Computerizaton Agency.
          http://www.ecrc.or.kr/jaro.html 

[37]   The Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy.
          http://www.ecrc.or.kr/ecjaro/ecgo9903.htm

[38]   The Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy.
          http://www.ecrc.or.kr/ecjaro/ecgo9903.htm

[39]   The Federation of Korean Information Industries
          http://www.ftii.or.kr/data/computer.html

[40]   The Federation of Korean Information Industries
          http://www.ftii.or.kr/data/computer.html

[41]   The Federation of Korean Information Industries
          http://www.ftii.or.kr/data/computer.html

[42]   The Federation of Korean Information Industries
          http://www.ftii.or.kr/data/computer.html

[43]   The Federation of Korean Information Industries
          http://www.ftii.or.kr/data/computer.html

[44]   Korea Association of Information Technology
          http://www.kait.org/information-hp/info_hp_t1.html

[45 ]   Korea Association of Information Technology
          http://www.kait.org/information-hp/info_hp_t1.html

[46]   Korea Association of Information Technology
          http://www.kait.org/information-hp/info_hp_t1.html

[47]   National Statistical Office.
          http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V82&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[48]   Korea Association of Information Technology
         http://www.kait.org/information-hp/info_hp_t1.html

[49]   Korea Association of Information Technology
         http://www.kait.org/information-hp/info_hp_t1.html

[50]   Korea Software Industry Association
         http://www.sw.or.kr/kor/kosainfo/default.htm

[51]   Korea Software Industry Association.
          http://www.sw.or.kr/kor/kosainfo/default.htm

[52]   Business Software Alliance.
          http://www.bsa.org

[53]  http://www.nuri21.co.kr/

[54]  National Statistical Office
         http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V85&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[55]  National Statistical Office
         http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V89&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[56]  National Statistical Office
         http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V89&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[57]  Samsung Economic Research Institute
         http://seriecon.seri21.org/

[58]  Dacom
         http://www.dacom.co.kr

[59]  The Number of Businesses in IT Industry in Korea. Korea Information Society Development  Institute(KISDI).
         http://203.254.64.141:8080/faq/index1.htm

[60]  The Number of Employees in IT Industry in Korea.  KISDI.
         http://203.254.64.141:8080/faq/index1.htm

[61]   Korea Information Society Development Institute, Expectation of labor supply 
in the IT industry.
         http://203.254.64.141:8080/faq/read.cgi?FAQID=980204133516

[62]  The Total Number of Businesses in IT Industry.  KISDI.
         http://203.254.64.141:8080/faq/index1.htm
 

[63]  The Number of Employees in IT Industry in Korea.  KISDI.
         http://203.254.64.141:8080/faq/index1.htm

[64]   Kwon, Nam-hoon et al. 1998 Research of Demand and Supply of IT Labor and 
        Expectations.  Dec. 31, 1998
       http://203.254.64.141/cgi-bin/acemain?kis03new=on&kind=collection&query=
       ODATE_19000101~ODATE_19991115&start=21&page=20&doc=21&cid=
       0&sortkey=2&order=1&tdate=1998&tsel=none&xmas=kis03new&bgcolor=ffffff

[65]  Number of Technicians and Experts in IT Industry.
       http://203.254.64.141:8080/faq/index1.htm

[66]  The World Fact Book 1999, CIA. 
         http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/ks.html

[67]  Composition of Population by Educational Attainment.  National Statistical Office.
         http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi

[68]  Table: Wage by industry. National Statistical Office.
         http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi

[69]  Statistical Data,  KISDI
         http://203.254.64.141:8080/faq/index1.htm

[70] Korea Software Industry Association.
         http://www.sw.or.kr/kor/kosainfo/default.htm

[71]  Korea Software Industry Association.
         http://www.sw.or.kr/kor/kosainfo/default.htm

[72]  Korea Software Industry Association.
         http://www.sw.or.kr/kor/kosainfo/default.htm

[73]  National Statistical Office.
         http://www.nso.go.kr/cgi-bin/sws_999.cgi?ID=DT_1V1E&IDTYPE=3&A_LANG=1

[74]   http://science.metro.taejon.kr/research/index.html

[75]   http://science.metro.taejon.kr/research/index.html

[76]   Ministry of Information and Communication
          http://www.mic.go.kr

[77]   Ministry of Information and Communication
          http://www.mic.go.kr

[78]   The Ministry of Information and communication
          http://www.mic.go.kr/

[79]   The Ministry of Information and communication
          http://www.mic.go.kr/

[80]   The Ministry of Information and communication
          http://www.mic.go.kr/

[81]   The Ministry of Information and communication
          http://www.mic.go.kr/ck21/kor/index.html

[82]   The Ministry of Legislation. 
          http://www.moleg.go.kr/law/l.html

[83]  Program Deliberation and Mediation Committee 
         http://www.cpf.or.kr/eng/message/frame.html

[84]   The Ministry of Legislation. 
          http://www.moleg.go.kr/law/l.html
 

[85] 1998 Global Software Piracy Report, Business Software Alliance and   Software&Information  Industry Association, May 1999.
         http://www.bsa.org
 

[86] 1998 Global Software Piracy Report, Business Software Alliance and Software&Information  Industry Association, May 1999.
         http://www.bsa.org

[87]   Software Property-Right Committee 
          http://www.spc.or.kr/article8.htm

[88]   Microsoft Korea. 
          http://www.microsoft.com/korea/iamclean/economy.htm

[88]    Program Deliberation and Mediation Committee 
          http://www.cpf.or.kr/bbs/protect.htm

[90]    Korea Database Promotion Center
           http://www.dpc.or.kr/news/sw_law.html

[91]   Ministry of Information and Communication.
          http://www.mic.go.kr
 
 














This report was completed in December 1999 for the class
Impacts of National Information Technology Environments on Business
taught in the program of the MOGIT (Management of Global Information Technology)
at the Kogod School of Business at American University in Washington, D.C.