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Donnerstag, 19.09.2024
eGovernment Forschung seit 2001 | eGovernment Research since 2001

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  • South Korea: KADO committed to bringing Internet closer to underprivileged

    Korea has progressed as a global trendsetter in information and communications technology but it must overcome the disparity between those who have access to enhanced information services and those who not.

    The state-run Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion oversees the country's polices aimed at reducing the information access gap between different social groups and strengthening international efforts to bridge the digital divide between developed and developing countries.

  • South Korea: Korea emerges as e-government leader

    At the end of 2004, the Korean government heard the good news from the United Nations that its status as an electronic government had jumped to fifth place from 13th in 2003.

    "The Korean central services portal (www.egov.go.kr) is definitely one of the world leaders in tightly integrating online government services," the U.N. report said.

  • South Korea: Kwangju Becomes Linux City

    The Korean government plans to pick Kwangju this month as the nation's first ``Linux City,'' where open-source software will become the mainstream programs.

    The Ministry of Information and Communication, which is in charge of the project of boosting Linux, Tuesday revealed the plan about Kwangju located in the southwestern part of the country.

  • South Korea: Lecture at IPAK Breakfast Meeting: The Future of Mobile, Web or App?

    Information Technology Professional's Association of Korea (IPAK )held a breakfast seminar at the JW Marriott Hotel in Seoul on Nov. 10 with roughly 50 members of the IPAK in attendence.

    IPAK organized the Software Contest of Korea and selected 34 products, including eight from China.

    It was noted that IPAK will announce the list of winners on Dec. 17, the Day of Software Industrial Men, and present the President's Award, Prime Minister's Award, and Minister's Award to the winners.

  • South Korea: Local Autonomous Governments To Adopt Linux Operating System

    Beginning this year, city and provincial governments nationwide will adopt Linux operating system for digitalization projects, accelerating adoption of the government open-source software policy, while boosting demand for Linux programs.

    The Korea IT Industry Promotion Agency said on January 21 that it would begin switching to Linux system through some 1,000 information system projects set for local autonomous governments this year.

  • South Korea: Looking Back over 25 years of IT Policy Making

    Korea is well-known for its successful achievement of rapid economic development. During a four to five decade gap, Korea rose from one of the world's poorest nations to become one of the largest economies in the global sector. Korea's GNI per capita stood at a mere US$87 in 1962, which was equivalent to that of Ghana at that time. The figure surged to more than US$10,000 in 1995 and vaulted above US$20,000 in 2007.

    The development of the IT sector has been one of the core drivers of Korea's exceptional growth. Korea has now become the one of the world's IT main superpowers. In 2010, Korea ranked top in a study on the Super High-Speed Internet Quality published by the University of Oxford, in ICT National Competitiveness Assessment for the White Paper 2010 Information and Communications released by the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, and in the United Nation's e-government survey.

  • South Korea: Masan: The world’s speediest e-city

    The city of Masan in South Korea is home to the world’s fastest internet speeds. High-speed fibre-to-home connections in densely populated living areas and wireless zones in public places have helped achieved average web speeds of 15,839 Kbps.

    The city of 429,000 people in South Gyeongsang Province ranked top of a list of the top 100 cities with the fastest average connection speeds by Akamai, a content delivery firm that serves 20 per cent of web traffic globally.

    “A competitive environment for telco providers has led to investment in infrastructure in areas previously underserved by the internet. This process is ongoing,” A Masan city spokesman, told FutureGov.

  • South Korea: Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs invests KRW 50 billion this year

    The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs said on Feb. 21 that it will expand the information security infrastructure of e-government and strengthen the punishment for misuse and abuse of personal information by heavily investing KRW 50 billion in information security.

    First, to expand the information security infrastructure of e-government, the Ministry will have send and receive important documents through encryption when electronically distributing those documents. It will also prevent document forgery and falsification by installing DRM devices on ‘On-Nara System,’ currently used by public servants in all administrative institutions when doing their work.

  • South Korea: Ministry set to kickstart m-government project

    The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) is ready to commence the so-called "m-government" project in order to kickstart the nation's mobile Internet services and improve government-related services for the public.

  • South Korea: Ministry to toughen antiforgery steps

    Cases of counterfeit civilian documents prompt urgent response

    Reacting with urgent measures to crack down on possible cyber forgeries of government online registration documents and to cover loopholes in the e-government project, Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan led a policy meeting with government officials to discuss countermeasures yesterday.

    The government said they will come up with comprehensive countermeasures by the end of next month to enforce punishment on counterfeiters and establish forgery prevention methods.

  • South Korea: Ministry Was Oblivious of “E-Government’s” Vulnerability to Hackers

    The Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs announced on September 23 that its e-government service, which allows public to apply for public documents on the Internet will be suspended for some time. The announcement came after it was revealed that the e-service was vulnerable to computer forgery and hacking. People now have to travel to public agencies to get any of 21 kinds of public documents, including transcripts of resident registration, land registers, and military registers, until the problem is fixed.

  • South Korea: Mobile phone users communicate with government

    A manager at Wal-Mart gets a text message on his cellular phone from the Korean Food and Drug Association saying that "A is substandard food."

    He immediately orders staff to remove the food from store shelves.

    This is a picture the government has drawn as it plans to introduce a "notice service" via mobile phones and e-mails. According to the plan, it takes minutes for grocery stores nationwide to be informed of illegal foodstuffs.

  • South Korea: MOPAS to Export E-Government Solution via ICT Cooperative Committee

    The Ministry of Public Administration and Security decided to organize an ICT cooperative committee with countries around the world in order to boost the export of Korea’s e-government solution.

    The ministry believes that forming a committee will help Korea upgrade in exporting its e-government solution from the solution-oriented approach to the comprehensive approach based on diagnosis.

    The ministry said on August 9 that it exchanged an MOU with Vietnam to form an ICT cooperative committee next to Kuwait.

  • South Korea: National Computerization Agency leads e-government initiative

    Korea is described by many as the global trendsetter for information and communication technology. It's hard to believe that the country had merely seven fixed-line telephone subscribers per 100 people just 20 years ago.

    The government's efforts to expand electronic communications to support the developing economy ended up creating a technology-mad environment where people use their mobile handsets to watch television, access the Internet and pay credit card bills.

  • South Korea: Net Users Can Check for Identity Info Abuse

    The Ministry of Government Administration launched a personal information protection campaign on Monday that allows people to check for unauthorized use of their resident registration numbers and delete dormant Internet accounts that use those numbers.

    The program is available on the Ministry of Government Administration's website (www.mogaha.go.kr), the Korean e-government website (www.egov.go.kr), and local government websites and portal customer centers until April 11.

  • South Korea: New counterfeit civilian documents discovered by judicial scrivener

    Reacting with urgent measures to crack down on possible cyber forgeries of government online registration documents and to cover loopholes in the e-government project, Prime Minister Lee Hae-chan led a policy meeting with government officials to discuss countermeasures yesterday.

    The government said they will come up with comprehensive countermeasures by the end of next month to enforce punishment on counterfeiters and establish forgery prevention methods.

  • South Korea: Online Document Forgers Face Heavy Punishment

    Forgers of civil documents who use online public services to commit their crimes will face severe punishment, as the government has pledged to root out the practice.

    The move came after online services for issuing civil documents, including resident registration, were suspended amid growing concerns about forgery.

    The Government Information Agency said Wednesday that the government has decided to create a task force next month to draw up measures against document fabrication.

  • South Korea: Online Voting to Be Introduced in 2005

    An online election system will likely be adopted on a trial basis as early as 2005 and the electronic balloting system is also being considered for a local referendum to be introduced next year, in an effort to expand the participation of ordinary people in politics.

  • South Korea: Pay TV with a twist: government papers

    Television is not just an idiot box anymore: The government will use cable networks next year for services such as ordering documents and paying taxes at the click of a remote control.

    "So far, we provided various e-government services via the Internet, but elderly citizens and others who are not acquainted with the Internet could hardly use it," said Oh Young-kyo, Minister of Administration and Home Affairs during a report of the ministry's policies to President Roh Moo-hyun.

  • South Korea: Plugging hospitals into Web

    Telecom firms see new growth engine in medical services

    With voice exposed as a decaying business model, telecommunications companies are scrambling to secure profits beyond their traditional boundaries.

    It remains to be seen whether medical services can prove to be the new gold trail they are desperately seeking.

    There appears to be increasing cross-industry collaboration between telecommunications operators, hospitals and other medical providers as they consider more ways to deliver healthcare virtually.

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