Zi CORPORATION
NEWS RELEASE

For immediate release (Calgary, AB Canada)
June 27, 2000


Korea’s leading mobile Internet company to embed Zi technology

Calgary, AB (June 27, 2000) - Zi Corporation (NASDAQ: ZICA) (TSE: ZIC) has licensed its predictive software, eZiText™, to Korean communications giant, LG (formerly GoldStar) Information & Communications Ltd. (LGIC) following a competitive bid process. LGIC is known for its work on several communication platforms including the development and commercialization of the CDMA system, the commercialization of PCS and its research on W-CDMA. The license allows LGIC to embed eZiText™ in any cellular phone product they manufacture.

Zi will assist LGIC’s market expansion plans by providing eZiText™ in 24 languages including Korean, Traditional and Simplified Chinese, English, French and German. Zi currently supports 24 languages on a variety of platforms. eZiText™ will initially be implemented in LGIC’s GSM phones, which are destined for European and Chinese markets.

"As the only true third generation input technology, Zi is defining the software standard for language interface in mobile communications," says Gary Kovacs, senior vice president, Marketing and Sales, Zi Corporation. "We are pleased to be providing this capability to LGIC to help them with their market expansion plans."

LGIC currently leads the mobile Internet market in Korea. Their CYON handset brand is used to access the Internet by 59 percent of all users in the domestic mobile Internet market. LGIC is preparing to move aggressively into the international mobile Internet market.

LGIC is at the forefront of wireless data and multi-media technology. Since its establishment in 1979, LGIC has been an integrated information and communication company which supplies exchange systems, transmission devices and terminals. Products being manufactured by the company are currently being exported to more than 40 countries throughout the world. LGIC solidified their position in the communications industry when it successfully developed and commercialized the CDMA digital cellular system. In 1999, LGIC posted sales of US $2.7 billion. LGIC is a part of the LG group, Korea’s fourth largest business group. LG consists of 55 sister companies and is valued at US $72 billion.

Zi Corporation is a leading provider of embedded software technology and educational products and services. The company’s core product, eZiText™ connects people to short messaging, email, e-commerce, web browsing, and similar applications in almost any written language. Zi’s wholly owned subsidiary, Oztime.com, is China’s first Web-based education service provider. Zi supports its strategic partners from offices in Calgary, Beijing, Hong Kong, San Francisco, Shenzhen and Stockholm. A publicly traded company, Zi Corporation is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (ZICA) and the Toronto Stock Exchange (ZIC).

Certain statements in this press release constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The information in this press release is based on Zi Corporation’s current expectation and assumptions, and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. Such risks include, among others, general business and economic conditions and competitive actions as well as the risks and uncertainties referred to in Zi Corporation’s 20-F for the most recent calendar year.

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For further information, please contact:

Karen Attwell
Manager, Investor/Media Relations
Phone: (403) 233-8875
Email: investor@zicorp.com
Web site: www.zicorp.com
 Keun-Taek Lee
LG Information & Communications Ltd.
Technical Planning Manager, GSM
Research Laboratory
Phone:+82-2-3460-5130
Email: ktlee@lgic.co.kr
Web site: www.lgic.co.kr

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