There is some interesting news these days out of the recently concluded World Mobile Congress in Barcelona.  Samsung and the other major man...

The Independent recently carried two articles that are of interest to those following the global growth of the smartphone market, which is m...

It finally happened.  The number of mobile phone subscribers in Korea now outnumbers the population.  This is a trend that arrived several y...

The Joongang Ilbo reports today that Korea's IT exports are at record-setting levels.  The graphic accompanying this post shows the rec...

A short, but very interesting article in this morning's Joongang Daily is titled, "Smartphones lead hike in high-end imports....

Evidence of the shock that the arrival of Apple's iPhone provided to the mobile communications market in Korea continues to accumulate...

As reported in the Joongang Ilbo today, the number of Korean handsets manufactured outside of Korea now exceeds the number being manufactur...

The Joongang Ilbo today notes that sales of mobile phones have been sizzling lately, largely due to a rise in consumer spending and increa...

As time passes, it becomes more and more apparent that the introduction of Apple's iPhone has sent shock waves through the mobile commun...

A headline from Telecoms Korea caught my eye this morning.   It proclaimed that "Six Out of Ten in Korea Willing to Buy Nexus One, If ...

Thanks to an informative article in the 전자신문 (etnews.co.kr) I now understand one major reason why I like my iPhone 3GS.   It is faster than...

On Wednesday of this week I purchased an iPhone and stopped using my older Motorola Razr.  I had debated for weeks whether to wait and see w...

Finally, after two and a half years of waiting for many people, Korea Telecom has announced release of the Apple iPhone in Korea.  On Nove...

An article in yesterday's English edition of the Chosun Ilbo outlined a new crackdown by the North Korean government on defectors.   I...

I've just returned to Korea from a one-week visit to Barcelona as noted in my earlier post.  As I catch up on some reading of tech artic...

Today the Joongang Daily has an interesting article providing more background on why KT and SKT are delaying their decision on whether to i...

The headline of this article in the Korea Times says it all.  There has been a lot of local press coverage about the Apple iPhone (not yet a...

According to the Korea Times, the Korea Fair Trade Commission, this nation's anti-trust watchdog, has fined the U.S.-based company Qual...

As a short follow-up to my earlier post, there is an excellent treatment of the current situation at this link. Enjoy.

Today many Korea-related blogs were filled with speculation that Korea Telecom was planning to introduce the Apple iPhone in Korea next mont...