Pitfalls and Prospects for IT Cooperation Between the Republic of Korea and Japan
Abstract
The IT revolution leads the way for a historic transformation that is comparable in its scope and significance to the radical changes that occurred during the industrial revolution. The industrial revolution transformed agricultural societies around the world into industrial societies. In much the same vein, the revolution in information gathering, processing, and dissemination through fixed and mobile telecommunications services and local area, wide area, and global networking will dramatically reduce the costs and time for information distribution, as well as will make large information exchanges more cost efficient and easier. This is likely to lead to profound changes in socioeconomic foundations of advancing societies on a global scale. These changes will accelerate the shift from industrial societies into advanced information and telecommunications-networked societies where information exchange, accumulation, and an Advanced Information and Telecommunications Network Society, also known as the IT Strategic Headquarters, while the private sector has made an all-out effort to work together with the public sector to make Japans IT revolution a reality.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Aug 01, 2005
- Accession Number
- AD1032409
Entities
People
- Alexandre Y. Mansourov
- Hyun-chul Chung
Organizations
- Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies