DAEJEON, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has developed a groundbreaking wearable sensor that can diagnose sleep health in real-time by measuring carbon dioxide levels in exhaled breath, the institute announced on February 10. Traditional carbon dioxide sensors have been limited by their bulk [...]
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Eureka Park, a dedicated space for startups and emerging entrepreneurs at CES 2025 in Las Vegas, serves as a showcase for creative ideas and innovations, attracting tech-savvy visitors and representatives from global tech companies. This year, 625 South Korean startups participated, presenting technologies in fields such as artificial [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — KT Corp., a major South Korean telecommunications company, said Thursday it will join hands with defense firm LIG Co. Nex1 to develop propriety technologies for homegrown low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. The two companies signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop core technologies for LEO satellites, including a [...]
INCHEON, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Members of the South Korean Coast Guard are developing new equipment to improve maritime rescue operations, with several officers recently receiving recognition for their inventions. The Korea Coast Guard announced on December 25 that Senior Officer Kim Myung-seop from the Seogwipo Coast Guard Station won the gold prize at the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — KT SAT Co., the satellite service arm of South Korea’s telecom giant KT Corp., said Tuesday it has successfully launched its geostationary satellite for communications service into orbit. The Koreasat-6A was launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket from a space launch complex in Florida at around 12:22 p.m. Monday [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The Busan Port Authority (BPA) announced on November 6 that it is launching a project to develop technology that will enable remote, unmanned operation of currently manned harbor cranes. Container port cranes, which are essential equipment for cargo handling operations, are divided into quay cranes that load and unload containers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A solar coronagraph jointly developed by South Korea and the United States has successfully docked at the International Space Station (ISS) to carry out its mission of observing the sun and its outer atmosphere, or corona, Seoul’s national space agency said Wednesday. A vessel carrying the Coronal Diagnostic Experiment [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced on November 4 that researchers have developed an innovative nanofilm sensor that can diagnose building deterioration through color changes, marking a significant advance in structural health monitoring technology. Led by principal researcher Yoon Jae Sung of the department of nano manufacturing [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced on October 30 that it has developed an innovative laser cutting technology capable of safely dismantling nuclear reactors underwater. The development comes at a crucial time as South Korea faces an increasing need for reactor dismantling technology, with multiple nuclear power [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has emerged as the world leader in growth rate of three-dimensional (3D) printing construction technology patent applications over the past five years, according to recent data. The Korean Intellectual Property Office reported on October 27 that an analysis of global patents filed with the IP5 (the five largest [...]