5-Year IT industry trends in Korea
As Korea companies continue overseas expansion and growth, the IT industry is showing increased importance in the Korea economy. According to the statistics released from Korea Association for ICT Promotion, the number of IT-related companies in Korea has increased 21% since 2008.
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5-Year IT Industry Trends
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2008
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2009
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2010
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2011
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2012
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Companies
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18,035
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18,200
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18,238
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18,854
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21,888
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Employees
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819,033
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835,449
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830,676
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875,427
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970,681
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Production
(KRW mil.)
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316,991,200
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338,557,900
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400,092,100
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409,699,300
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423,741,100
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Daegu-Gyeongbuk ranks as the 3rd biggest region for IT industry in Korea with 15% of the total IT/SW production.
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Daegu
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Gyeongbuk
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Daegu-Gyeongbuk
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Companies
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Employees
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Production (KRW mil.)
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Companies
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Employees
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Production (KRW mil.)
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Companies
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Employees
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Production (KRW mil.)
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IT Service
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125
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1,878
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274,700
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66
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721
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247,200
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191
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2,599
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521,900
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IT Device
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242
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10,517
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2,814,200
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583
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70,109
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61,528,800
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825
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80,626
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64,343,000
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SW
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249
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1,509
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165,600
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134
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1,664
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508,100
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383
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3,173
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673,700
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Total
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616
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13,904
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3,254,500
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783
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72,494
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62,284,100
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1,399
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86,398
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65,538,600
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Among the key companies in the Daegu Gyeongbuk region are: Winitech, an integrated emergency management system(IEMS) software company, KOG, a game developer and Ocube, a smarphone software developer.
