VOL.12 NO.143 JANUARY. 2005  

COLUMN
Korean-Made DMB Tech Put on Global Test

POLICY
President Roh Puts Economic Turnaround on His Agenda
DPM Lee Vows to Shoot for 5 Pct Growth This Year
MOCIE Accelerating Innovation in Business Process

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION
Gov.-Invested Firms Earn Higher Customer Satisfaction Levels Last Year
KEPCO Striving to Retain Position as Top Customer Satisfaction Corp.
KOGAS' Ethics Management Picks Up Steam

TECHNOLOGY
KATS Seminar to Build Reliability in Korean Products in Overseas Markets
Korean Robot Can Walk, Talk

INDUSTRY
KICOX's New Task : Creating World-Class Innovative Industrial Clusters

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
KOSHA Gearing UP for Realizing 'a Safe and Healthy Society'

APEC
Korea Capitalizing on APEC 2005 to Raise Its Own Brand and Profile

FORUM
Parliamentary Budget and Tax Research Body Goes over Budget Draft for 2005
Lawmakers Discuss Means to Strengthen Defense Industry

POSTAL SERVICE
Korea Post Teams Up with LG25 to Expand Services

EXHIBITION
Seoul Consumer 2005 Slated for May 4-7 in Seoul

FINANCE
Financial Institutions Get Together to Usher in New Year

BUSINESS COMMUNITY
KCCI Chairman Calls on Economic Players to Go Back to Basics
FKI Chairman Kang S.H. Sees Tough Year Ahead This Year
KITA Chairman Calls on Firms to Take Advantage of "Korean Wave"

CONSTRUCTION
KFCIS Chairman Exhorts Construction Firms to Create Jobs
Daelim Industry Leads Public Works Backlog Orders at 10,037 Bln Won

STEEL
Korea Registers Record High of Crude Steel Production Last Year
POSCO Ready for New Take-Off with FINEX Facilities

TEXTILE
Textile Exports Projected at $14.7 Bln for 2005

FKI FORUM
FKI Forum Takes Up Topic on Economic Rcovery
Regulatory Reform Attaching Priority on Tasks Concerning Economy
Woori Bank Head Warns of Coming Wimbledon Effect on Financial Sector

TOURISM
Korea Aims to Join Global Top 10 with 10 million Inbound Tourists
'Happy New Year' for Tourism Industry

CORPORATION
Samsung to Hike Investment 15.2 Pct to 21.2 Tln Won
LG Group Reveals Aggressive Investment Plan Scaled at 11.7 Tln Won
SK Group Sets Aside 5 Tln Won For Investment,
up 22 percent
Hanjin Group Sets 2005 Sales Goal at 15.41 Trillion Won
Asiana Airlines Business-Class Seats Can Be Converted into Beds

ELECTRONICS
Samsung Begins Investment in LCD Line 7-2

AUTOMOBILES
Hyundai/Kia Motors Group Targets 85 Tln Won in Sales
PJ Tech : Niche Player in Overseas Automotive Parts Markets

INFO-TECH
Telematics, Emerging Market of Automotive Communications Tech

INDUSTRY
2005 Prospects for Electronics and Automobiles Still Rosy

FOREIGN COMMUNITY
Niedermark to Head Korean-German Chamber
of Commerce and Industry

HOTEL
IL Ponte Introduces Weekend Tavola
Refresh Yourself at Renaissance Seoul