"존경하는 국민 여러분!최순실 사건으로 촉발된 국정혼란 사태를 더 이상 방관할수 없다는 생각으로 국민 앞에 현직 총리로서 이 자리에 섰습니다.박대통령의 하야를 주장하는 국민들의 생각이 대통령에게 충분히 전달되었다고 생각합니다. 그리고 박대통령의 하야를 반대하는 사람들의 주장도 충분히 알고 있습니다. 먼저 정치권은 물론 국민 모두 가슴에 손을 얹고 냉정하게 생각해 볼 때가 되었다고 생각합니다.헌법과 현행법에 따라서 어떻게 되어가야 하는지도 분명하게 나와 있습니다.더 이상 국론 분열을 조장하거나 국정을 혼란으로 몰고 가서는 안된다는 절박감을 느낍니다.나의 주장을 관철시키려면 자기의 욕심을 버리고 진정성을 먼저 인정 받을때 국민들로부터 지지를 받을수 있다고 생각합니다.지금 정치권에서 주장하는 내용은

At the moment, the two Koreas are standing at a crossroads, finding their path forward. The two sides all know that choosing the path to a full-scale war would lead to nothing but co-destruction. Then, the two Koreas should refrain from waging an all-out war. Of course, South Korea doesn’t want a war on the Korean peninsula.However, the North doesn’t feel the same way. If a full-scale war is not

‘Sony Korea,’ a global enterprise Sony’s Korean site, reflective XSS was found and urgent security measures are required. Recently ‘Play Station (PSN)’ which is Sony’s on-line game service was down by distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.Users experienced disconnection while enjoying games at Sony’s Play Station network and reported the problems to Sony many times, but Sony showed the w

“The fact that personally identifiable information of elderly folks, who have never used any credit cards for the past 20-30 years, has been leaked means that all the Koreans virtually have their personal data stolen entirely,” said a TV news program anchor. Upon ringing in the New Year, South Korea was in for a massive personal data leak of unprecedented proportions. As three major credit

SEOUL, KOREA - In this knowledge-based modern society, the value of data, the so-called crude oil of the 21st century, has basked in great attention. Above all, under the South Korean government’s creative economy initiative, big data, as the source and material of creations, has been creating new values by converging with other industries. As a matter of fact, the scope of big data use is eno

The Society of Ordinated Deacons of Sarang Community Church rallied on October 2 at around two o’clock at the U.S Embassy to demand the cancelation of Pastor Oh Jung Hyun’s doctorate. The demonstration started when Potchefstroom University (presently North-West University) in South Africa and Biola University in the United States did not cancel pastor Oh’s doctoral theses despite the heavy amount

SEOUL, KOREA- SaRang Community Church, a Presbyterian Church located in Seoul, South Korea, has argued that the University of Oxford, the University of Cambridge, and King's College London all permit alterations to PhD-winning theses after the PhD degrees were awarded. SaRang Community Church, a mega church located in Seoul, has been a lightning rod for controversy since Pastor John Jung-Hyun Oh w

SEOUL, KOREA – The number of “rich” Koreans holding over KRW 1 billion in financial assets alone surpassed 160,000 last year.According to a 2013 report filed by KB Financial Group Management Research Center, the number of Koreans with over KRW 1 billion in financial assets grew 14.8% from 142,000 in 2011 to 163,000 last year.The growth pace of 14.8% is faster than an 8.9% increase witnessed in

SEOUL, KOREA – How many nations in the world do you think have more than half of their populations equipped with smartphones? The answer is six (as of the end of last year). IT powerhouse South Korea topped the roaster.According to market research firm eMarketer, over 50% of the populations of South Korea, Australia, Sweden, Norway, the UK and the US were smartphone users. South Korea ranked fir

SEOUL, KOREA – Naver, which enjoys over 70% dominance in fixed-line Internet searches, has successfully tightened its grip on the mobile web. Amid the fierce mobile platform competition among companies from home and abroad, Naver (the largest search engine in South Korea) has actually obtained monopolistic status on the mobile Internet.Back in 2011 when the smartphone craze flared, Naver’s share

SEOUL, KOREA – According to US market research firm Strategy Analytics (SA)’s 2002-2017 Outlook on Worldwide Mobile Phone Shipments, South Korea is estimated to rank 79th among the surveyed 88 nations with 2.43 mobile phones per household in 2017.South Korea finishing 79th sounds somewhat surprising given Korea’s highest mobile phone penetration rate. Besides, 2.43 mobile phones per household ar

SEOUL, KOREA – Market research firm IHS pointed out that South Korea is crucial to global electronics markets because of its dominance in producing 66% of all DRAM, 48% of all NAND flash memory chips and 70 % of all tablet displays.If war comes to the Korean peninsula, there will be “chaos” for the global electronics supply chain, according to an IHS analyst.  In a report, IHS said,  “… with the

SEOUL, KOREA – The number of subscribers to the free voice call payment plans drawn up by Korea’s three telecom operators (SK Telecom, KT and LG U+) surpassed the one million mark in less than 20 days. Over 70% of the subscribers are estimated to have simply changed their payment plans rather than changing their service provider.SK Telecom’s “Free Voice Calls among T Members” attracted 850,000 s

SEOUL, KOREA – LCD panels for TVs, which have thus far driven growth in the display market, will gradually become commonplace and Taiwanese companies are expected to charge ahead in the UHD TV market.Market research firm NPD DisplaySearch made such forecasts at “Flat Display Conference 2013” held at the Ritz-Carlton, Seoul, on WednesdayKorean companies led by Samsung Display and LG Display have so

SEOUL, KOREA – An analysis found that mobile messaging services such as LINE and KakaoTalk have eaten away at global mobile operators and SNS’s revenues. Accordingly, communications, device and Internet companies are speeding up their efforts to encroach on the mobile messaging app market.The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) recently reported that emerging mobile messaging companies were rankling communi

SEOUL, KOREA – Ceramic is clay that has been heated to a very high temperature so that it becomes hard. “Cutting-edge” ceramic refers to material that adds special functions to the existing ceramic materials. Nations including Germany, Japan and the US are vying fiercely to obtain key technologies for the production of cutting-edge ceramic a step ahead of others.This is because cutting-edge cerami

SEOUL, KOREA — As KT (a Korean integrated wired/wireless telecommunication service provider) finally jumped on the bandwagon of LTE (Long Term Evolution services), the next-generation LTE market is expected to be trisected. The top three wireless carriers (SKT, LG U+ and KT) have entered into a war to raise the number of their subscribers.Thanks to the population heavily concentrated in the Seou

Rampant Use of Non-Standard Technology “ActiveX Controls”SEOUL, KOREA — In Korea, the installation of ActiveX controls is not an option. It has long been a necessary procedure indiscriminately embraced by a majority. Once Internet users visit private websites, such as finance, shopping, games and music and government websites including National Tax Service (NTS), Supreme Court of Korea and Korea

SEOUL, KOREA — On April 17, 2012 United States District Judge Lucy Koh ordered Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc. to the negotiating table to discuss the possibility of a settlement. The mediation will be attended by Apple CEO Tim Cook and Samsung CEO ChoiGee-Sung, in addition each company's respective general counsel. However, it remains to be seen whether this could be the end of the acrimonious

4G is characterized by three words: ubiquitous, mobile, and broadband — 3rd Samsung 4G Forum, Jeju Island, Korea, August 20054G shall explore more on application level using available networks and should be a Mediator of all the existing and emerging networks that should be easily accessible by everybody wherever, whenever, whatever —First 4G International Workshop, New Delhi, India, November 20