Congratulations on the first anniversary of the publication of 'The Korea IT Times'! It has only been one year since The Korea IT Times was first published, but it has provided an immense amount of IT information on Korea for readers both at home and abroad, and has also been instrumental in portraying the development of Korean IT to the rest of the world. I firmly believe that The Korea IT Times has performed a bridging role by helping facilitate investment by foreign corporations into the domestic IT sector. As a specialist IT medium, I sincerely hope that The Korea IT Times would meet not only the reader's expectation by providing them with breaking information swiftly, precisely and in depth, but also contribute to the development of IT in Korea as well as boosting national competitiveness. Once again, I congratulate on The Korea IT Times upon the first Anniversary of its publication and wish it continued success. Chin Dae-je, Ph.D. Minister of Information and Communication (minister@mic.go.kr) Republic of Korea