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announced its e-Korea Vision 2006 plan. This
initiative, with a focus on improving the qual-
ity of Korean citizens' lives, had five objectives
(NIA, 2008).
problems and reduce logistics costs (Ministry of
Information and Communication, 2002).
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“Trusted Information Society” to Actively
Support Welfare System
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“Efficient Knowledge Government” to
Serve the People”
The third objective was to realize a more
efficient and transparent government structure
through “informatization,” by offering more online
public services in the areas of education, culture,
and social welfare.
The first was to maximize the opportunity for
and ability of all Korean citizens to utilize the
information society and communication tech-
nologies in order to actively participate in the
information society (or, to be “prosumers”—both
producers and consumers of information.) The
government took action by providing increased
opportunities for Internet access for all, and by
establishing a lifelong education system available
through online learning (Ministry of Information
and Communication, 2002). Citizens' ability to
utilize IT was intended to lead to the creation of
added value in all aspects of society. The objective
was to establish an intelligent administrative pro-
cedure by providing one-stop customized services,
such as birth registration, sharing administrative
information and providing public information in
a much larger scale to help achieve a creative and
efficient government.
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“Creative Soft-Power” to become A Brain
Power Nation
The Ministry's fourth objective was to facilitate
continued economic growth by promoting the
IT industry in general, and both core and new
technologies in particular. The government aimed
to achieve this through the building of a value-
creating knowledge infrastructure that would serve
as a nation-wide base for utilizing knowledge.
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“Cutting-edge Infrastructure for Digital
Convergence” to Become a Mature
Country
Finally, the Ministry also aimed to become a
leader in regional technological cooperation, by
establishing a system that promotes ICT collabo-
ration within the Asia-Pacific region (e-Korea,
2002).
In 2004, the MIC produced a new and ever
further-reaching policy plan: the IT 839 Strategy.
One of the overarching economic goals announced
in this document was to see Korean GDP per
capita grow to (US)$20,000. The exploitation and
utilization of ICT is seen as crucial to achieving
this goal (Ministry of Information and Commu-
nication, Republic of Korea, 2004).
The IT 839 strategy also sought to establish
and promote new and cutting-edge technologies,
including a Broadband Convergence Network,
Internet Protocol version 6, and new services,
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“People Prospering Through
Digitalization” to support a Facilitated
Market Economy
The second objective was to strengthen the
country's level of global economic competitive-
ness by promoting “informatization” within all
Korean industries, as the IT industry strengthens
the competitiveness and productivity of most
all other industries. This objective also had an
environmental component: the use and applica-
tion of ICT would enable improvements in the
ecological system and ensure the conservation of
a clean and natural environment by strengthening
environmental policy functions, while its use in
the realm of transportation would relieve traffic
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