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S. Korean Athletes to Be Sleeping with Their Enemy at Olympic Village

S. Korean Athletes to Be Sleeping with Their Enemy at Olympic Village

GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Several South Korean athletes in ice sports will be sleeping with their enemies during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics. South Korea and Sweden will be housed in the same apartment building at Gangneung Olympic Village for the Feb. 9-25 competition. Gangneung’s village houses all ice sports athletes, since Gangneung, located just east of the main host city of PyeongChang, will be home to all [...]

Carmakers’ Jan. Sales Rise 0.4% on New Models, Base Effect

Carmakers’ Jan. Sales Rise 0.4% on New Models, Base Effect

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s five carmakers said Thursday their combined sales rose 0.4 percent last month from a year earlier, helped by new models and a base effect. The five automakers — Hyundai Motor Co., Kia Motors Corp., GM Korea Co., Renault Samsung Motors Corp. and SsangYong Motor Co. — sold a combined 613,796 vehicles in January, up from [...]

S. Korea Ranks 7th in OECD’s Science, Technology Capabilities Scale in 2017

S. Korea Ranks 7th in OECD’s Science, Technology Capabilities Scale in 2017

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s science and technology capabilities ranked seventh among the 34 member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in 2017, a state-run think tank said Thursday. The Korea Institute of S&T Evaluation and Planning (KISTEP) said the evaluation was based on a total of five categories: research environment, support from both [...]

Security in S. Korean Transportation to Be Tightened During Olympics

Security in S. Korean Transportation to Be Tightened During Olympics

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will introduce intensive security checks for rail transportation during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and provide extra trains for the convenience of Olympic visitors, the transport ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport will step up screening at eight train stations that link the Olympic venues of PyeongChang and Gangneung with Incheon International [...]

S. Korea Seeks More Arms Deals with Thailand

S. Korea Seeks More Arms Deals with Thailand

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top military official traveled to Thailand on Thursday in a bid to promote bilateral defense industry cooperation, with the contracted deliveries of T-50 supersonic trainer jets under way. In talks with his Thai counterpart, Prawit Wongsuwon, in Bangkok, Defense Minister Song Young-moo reaffirmed South Korea’s bid to [...]

Government to Create 12,000 Jobs in Intellectual Property Industry

Government to Create 12,000 Jobs in Intellectual Property Industry

DAEJEON, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced plans to invest billions of won to create up to 12,000 new jobs in the intellectual property industry. According to the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) on Thursday, startups will receive support in the form of ‘patent vouchers’ as part of efforts to boost the intellectual [...]

‘Double Row of Street Trees’: Korea Forest Service’s Answer to Fine Dust

‘Double Row of Street Trees’: Korea Forest Service’s Answer to Fine Dust

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Environmental authorities in South Korea will tackle fine dust problems by planting a double row of trees along streets nationwide. According to the Korea Forest Service (KFS) on Wednesday, according to new plans for urban green infrastructure over two rows of trees will be planted along streets across the country [...]

Meteorological Administration to Adopt 60 Billion Won Supercomputer

Meteorological Administration to Adopt 60 Billion Won Supercomputer

SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) has announced plans to integrate a 60-billion-won supercomputer into its operations by 2020. The new supercomputer comes with an impressive computational performance of 50 petaflops, which means it can perform ten quadrillion mathematical operations per second, according to the KMA. The supercomputer unit 4 currently [...]

AI Robot Sophia Wows South Korean Audience

AI Robot Sophia Wows South Korean Audience

SEOUL, JAN. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A life-like AI robot captivated a South Korean audience at a technology conference on Tuesday in Seoul with its convincing appearance and proficient communication skills. Sophia, the world’s first artificial intelligence robot, made a first public appearance in South Korea yesterday at a forum held by the Artificial Intelligence Industry [...]