SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Group, a South Korean energy-to-defense conglomerate, said Sunday its affiliates were set to showcase key weapons technologies at a global defense fair in Saudi Arabia this week. Hanwha, which has defense industry affiliates, including Hanwha Aerospace and Hanwha Ocean, under its wing, said its arms technologies will be [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of the Interior and Safety (MOIS) in South Korea announced on January 16 its plan to introduce advanced analytical equipment to combat emerging drugs that have been circulating primarily through social media (SNS). According to the ministry, 24.7% of the drugs detected in the first half of last year [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Efforts are being intensified in South Korea to develop technology that can prevent accidents resulting from drivers mistakenly pressing the accelerator. According to automotive industry sources on January 14, the Korea Transportation Safety Authority (KOTSA) is conducting a technology demand survey until January 26, targeting universities, research institutes, companies, and stakeholders [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has announced that artificial muscle technology developed by a research team led by professor Kim Sang-ouk of the Department of New Material Engineering has been recognized as one of the “Top 10 Promising Technologies of 2023” by the International Union of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unmanned lunar orbiter Danuri has released a comprehensive photographic map of the moon to mark the one-year anniversary of its mission, the science ministry said Tuesday. The mosaic map, compiled from polarized camera views captured over the past 250 days, encompasses both the front and back of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A new offside technology that made its FIFA World Cup debut last year in Qatar will be implemented at the top Asian men’s football tournament for the first time next month in the same country, the continental football governing body has said. The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) announced Tuesday [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Dongkuk Steel Mill Co., South Korea’s third-largest steelmaker, said Tuesday it has succeeded in commercializing cryogenic flexible steel for making liquefied natural gas (LNG) storage tanks. The successful commercialization caps three years of research and development, and it has passed a cryogenic tension test by global certifier Luxemburg Institute [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) said Friday it has signed a deal with U.S. space firm SpaceX to launch South Korea’s next-generation midsized satellite No. 2 in 2025. It marks KAI’s second deal with SpaceX following a similar arrangement for the launch of the next-generation midsized satellite No. 4 [...]
DAEJEON, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant stride towards expanding the global reach of its cutting-edge plasma technology, the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) has inked a contract with an American bio-diesel production company. The KFE announced on November 29 that it had entered into an agreement with Plasma Blue, which is based [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Systems Co., the defense and ICT unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, said Wednesday it plans to launch a small synthetic aperture radar (SAR) satellite within the year. The company said it plans to deploy the self-developed SAR satellite into space over the southern waters of Jeju Island [...]