As of May 2021, Korea’s exports recorded a 23.4 percent year over year increase.This upturn is considered to be the result of the recovery and rebound from the COVID-19-induced recession. Factors that have contributed to this upturn include the activity in the so-called “untact”...

Secondary batteries are garnering more and more attention as a key to carbon reduction and eventually, carbon neutrality. Formerly associated mostly with IT devices such as laptop computers and mobile phones, secondary batteries are now enjoying renewed interest and rising demand as they are...

Competitive advantage elements and conditions for sustaining in the TV industry have changed significantly because the global financial crisis has led to rapid changes in the environment for consumer electronic industry. The global financial crisis left many economies in a state of low-growth...

The Consumer Electronics Show in 2021 featured innovative products for the “changed-everyday” that is expected to characterize the post-COVID-19 world. Such products demonstrate that the so-called “digital transformation” is already well underway.AI is now a mandatory foundational...

With the COVID-19 pandemic accelerating digital transformation, demand for 5G networks is soaring. 5G networks are an indispensable part of infrastructure supporting immersive content, self-driving technologies, the Internet of Things (IOT), remote services, and smart manufacturing....

The satellite communications industry is in the midst of a paradigm shift, as the cost of building infrastructure for low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellites, which had previously served as a barrier to entry in the satellite communications services market, is falling. Such satellites provide...

The US and EU have reached consensus on one strategic objective: reducing their reliance on Northeast Asia for semiconductor manufacturing built up over the past 30 years. Since the 1950s, the global semiconductor industry has experienced continued structural transition and extensive...

Up until the beginning of 2020, expectations for a global economic recovery were high due to advances in the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) based on artificial intelligence (AI), data, and the Internet of Things (IoT), the commercialization of 5G worldwide, and large-scale sports events....

3D printing is defined as a fabrication of objects through the deposition of a material, using a print head, a nozzle, or other printer technologies. 3D printing began in 1987 when 3D Systems of the U.S. sold 3D printers for the first time in the world. 3D printing is often used synonymously...

From the 1990s to the late 2000s, the production of goods was divided among several countries on the basis of efficiency, and trade based on the global value chain developed around the world. As manufacturing process were split between links on the global value chain, trade in intermediate goods...