SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is speeding up the development of its own global positioning system (GPS) that will be more accurate and offer greater coverage for users, the government said Sunday. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said it will hold talks with representatives from the U.S. Space and Missile [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean agricultural authorities have revealed plans to decode the genomes of popular agricultural products including strawberries and bell peppers. According to the plans released by the Rural Development Administration (RDA) on Wednesday, the new project will decode the genomes of 23 valuable agricultural products and animals including the Jeju [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top portal operator Naver Corp. said Friday it has opened a research center specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) technology with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). The South Korean company said the research center, dubbed NAVER/LINE-HKUST AI Laboratory, will operate in Hong Kong and carry [...]
BUSAN, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s state-run maritime institute said Friday it has successfully used an unmanned vessel to observe underwater topography close to shore. A team of researchers led by Shin Dong-hyeok remotely controlled the unmanned ship equipped with a multibeam echo sounder to check underwater features in relatively shallow waters, according to the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and [...]
SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed a new agricultural technology that significantly raises the level of anti-cancer benefits in kale. A research team led by Dr. Roh Joo-won at the Convergence Research Center for Smart Farm Solutions has discovered a method to maximize isothiocyanates, which are a cancer fighting compound found [...]
SEOUL, March 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists have developed a minimally invasive technology to diagnose and treat cancer by using light-emitting diodes (LEDs) and laparoscopy, the state-run institute said Monday. The Korea Electrotechnology Research Institute (KERI) said it has developed a technology that can target tumor cells and it is in the process of transferring [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology have discovered a part of the brain that triggers the ‘desire to possess’. The KAIST research team led by professors Kim Dae-soo and Lee Phill-seung said on Thursday they had discovered that a portion of the medical preoptic area, a [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government will introduce a new investment platform for scientific R&D from next year, in which technological, training, and policy support will be provided in the form of a comprehensive package. The new measure, which was deliberated and voted on by the Ministry of Science and ICT during [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will launch its first lunar module in 2030, with plans to fund private space projects from 2026. The government will first launch a 550 kilogram lunar orbiter in collaboration with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) by 2020 as planned, and send a follow-up lunar module [...]
PYEONGCHANG, South Korea, Feb. 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Richard Budgett, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) medical and science director, said the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Games will be a “fantastic opportunity” to develop South Korea’s anti-doping programs. Budgett praised the workforce for doping controls here, saying there’s a “wonderful mixture” of international experts and those from the Korea Anti-Doping Agency (KADA). “The games is a fantastic opportunity to up skill and increase [...]