IT Convergence with Traditional Industries and Short-Term Research and Development Strategy in Korea

In recent years, the convergence phenomenon of the IT (information technology) industry with other traditional industries has deepened. Particularly, the IT industry has been strongly characterized as a base industry leading the convergence era and also pointed out as a key sector in the convergence era. In this paper, we describe what IT convergence is and introduce the Korea's five core traditional industries which are supported by combining with IT. And, we present how it is contributing to enhance the competitiveness of the traditional industries in Korea. We also explain the Korea's technology development roadmap and look at the current development status set by the Korea's traditional industries. We finally present the short and long-term strategy for national research and development plan for IT convergence technology development in the five core traditional industries.