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July 2009 / Vol. 1, No. 2

United We Stand: Korea & ASEAN

Sunday, July 19, 2009

It has been 20 years since the establishment of dialogue between the Republic of Korea and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Today, there is a lot more going on between the two than mere conversation. They have grown to understand how working together can be more than mutually beneficial on a number of levels. In order to further their prosperity, President Lee Myung-bak, leaders of ASEAN’s 10 member nations and 700 businesspeople all gathered on Jeju Island on June 1 and 2 for the ASEAN-Korea Commemorative Summit, which ran in tandem with the ASEANKorea CEO Summit.

Peninsula on the Brink

Monday, July 20, 2009

So far it’s only a war of words, but what a war. The vitriol spewed out on all sides in the confrontation of forces on the Korean peninsula is getting more poisonous by the hour. The exchange of threats and innuendoes escalated to a new level in the summit on June 16 at which U.S. President Barack Obama received South Korea’s President Lee Myung-bak in the White House.

The Life of a President

Monday, July 20, 2009

South Korea has the highest suicide rate of any member country of the Organization for Economic Development and Cooperation. The rate today is even higher than it was during the economic crash of 1997 that led to scores of financial problems and job losses. South Korea is also a developed nation with a strong democracy and is considered a big player within Asia and the world. It is within the paradigm of the latter that former President Roh Moo-hyun was viewed.

Dealing Asia its Fair Share of IP Addresses with IPv6

Monday, July 20, 2009

Many people are predicting that the Internet will run out of IPv4 addresses sometime between now and 2050, when the upper limit of about 4 billion IP addresses is reached. It is difficult to tell who is more accurate in their predictions, but everyone agrees that the Internet will run out of IPv4 addresses soon. In contrast, IPv6 will provide 340 undecillion (3.4 x 10^38), or 3.4 trillion trillion trillion addresses. This might be enough to give every atomic nucleus on the Earth its own address.

Go Green for Good Business

Monday, July 20, 2009

For a number of companies, adopting a ‘green’ theme has become a tool to position their products and services in a better way. This is beyond the usual jargon of “supporting the earth and environment” and “improving the bottom line” used earlier by many enterprises globally.

A New Dimension in Corporate Social Responsibility for Indian IT Firms

Monday, July 20, 2009

The basic philosophy that the corporate world follows is that every company, like every individual, has a duty to society. Just as individuals harm the environment, so does every company in its own way. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) thus focuses on reducing the negative effects to eradicate the harmful effects caused by a firm’s processes and product-usage and takes steps towards increasing its positive contributions.

The Asia Institute Makes its Presence Felt

Monday, July 20, 2009

There is a remarkable new think tank in Korea that is slowly making its presence felt through a focused approach to engagement in business, technology and policy: The Asia Institute.

Patent – The World of Inventions and Discoveries in India

Monday, July 20, 2009

Patent is a right in the realm of intellectual property(1) granted for a particular period under the law to anyone, known as the patentee, who makes full disclosure of his or her invention or discovery of any new and useful process, machine, article of manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof.

SHAXI VALLEY, China

Monday, July 20, 2009

 

Women ascended the dusty mountain wearing Mongol garb. Their white turbans were normally black, but this was a day of mourning. Carrying trays laden with chili fish, smoked pork, rice noodles and candy, they marched to their ancestors’ graves. Men sat around and gambled.

 

The people who gather here every year are Bai, and this is their valley.

Solar Energy is the Way Forward for India-Korea Cooperation

Monday, July 20, 2009

“I believe that Korea will create a space for herself in the near future as a top exporter in the global market in the field of solar energy.”

In an interview with the Asia-Pacific Business and Technology Report, Ramchandra Pode, assistant professor of Physics at Kyung Hee University, said Koreans’ achievement, hard work and vision to invest in science and technology are very admirable.

Hydrogen Fuel Cell Cars

Monday, July 20, 2009

“This is our dream.” This simple remark created excitement among investors when South Korean President Lee Myung-bak introduced ecofriendly hydrogen fuel cell cars to the leaders of the ASEAN countries at the ASEAN-Korea CEO summit in June.

The 3 Faces of Convergence

Monday, July 20, 2009

Convergence is hitting the IT industry, there’s no doubt about that. More accurately, it should be said that convergence is involving the IT industry in its process.

Train your Brain

Monday, July 20, 2009

 

We’ve learned more about the brain in the last 20 years than everything we knew about it before that time. The declaration that the 1990s would be the ‘Decade of the Brain’ unleashed such a burst of activity in the field of neuroscience that, by the end of those 10 years, scientists had literally turned our knowledge of the brain on its head.

 

The Rising Power of Women in India

Monday, July 20, 2009

Can you guess what the most positive aspect of India today might be? The answer is a word called HOPE. Hope for a better tomorrow, hope for success, hope for greater possibilities and hope for a country that is indiscriminating of cast, creed and gender. In the dark ages as well as the stone ages, physical might was what dominated existence, wherein it was acceptable to place women in a lower position. Yet with the passage of time, might was gradually replaced with intellect, art, science and inventions, culture, and so on.

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