Eye on South Korea by CNN

One thing which struck us recently is the global attention the Korean TMT sector is beginning to get. Recently CNN has conducted a series called “Eye on South Korea” with interesting articles and video clips about topics like CyWorld, next generation mobile handsets and “a day in the (digital) life of a South Korean boy”. For more information about the series please visit:
http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/10/12/eosk.video/index.html

Book: “Digital Korea”

During this year’s iMobicon I had a very interesting talk with Tomi Ahonen, just as his new book written together with Jim O’Reilly had been about to be published. It is called “Digital Korea” and provides the reader an overview about the level of sophistication of certain areas in the Korean TMT sector, such as on-line gaming, telematics, internet usage etc. It also features interesting case studies on enterprises which have succeeded in establishing a business in particular areas. The case studies feature e.g. CyWorld (social networking site), TU-Media (Korean S-DMB provider) and others.
This book has now been reviewed on CNN.com, it also includes an excerpt of interesting statistics out of the book (Click here), as well as an interview with Tomi Ahonen one of the authors (Click here). Due to the fast pace of the TMT sector these statistics are outdated already, however it is very good as a source for the beginning. It also proves that the Western world should keep a close look on the developments in Korea. Since what is reality here is likely to become reality in Europe and the U.S. in the near future. We at VEYOND PARTNERS feel responsible to give interested business people valuable and up to date insights in all relevant aspects of the Korean TMT sector and business in order to build a bridge between Korea and the Western world.

This August, I am speaking at iMobicon 2007 on the landscape of ‘Korean Social Networking and Mobile TV’. If you are not familiar with iMobicon, it is an international conference organized by Informa only focuing on Korean Mobile industry.
Most major mobile related companies will participate such as SK Telecom, KTF,Cyworld and many more.

You can find some of the most fascinating stories and dynamics of Korean mobile industry.Any one thinking of participating in iMobicon, I am happy to keep in touch in advance.

Cyworld, Korean based social networking service, is the one of the most successful ones in the world. In the past, PC and proper internet access were required to use Cyworld. However, today’s cutting edge mobile technology actually extends its reach to everyone’s pocket. In other words, we can ubiquitously access to Cyworld with our mobile phone. No more boundaries exist between wired and wireless services.

I uploaded a picture to my cyworld through my PC and checked it through my mobile phone.