SEOUL, Nov. 27 (Korea Bizwire) - Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd. (KAI), South Korea’s sole aircraft manufacturer, said Friday that it has made the first delivery of its multi-mission jets to the Philippines, further solidifying its status as an aircraft exporter. The two FA-50PH took off from Sacheon, 437 kilometers south of Seoul, to make the 2,482 [...]
SEOUL, Nov.24 (Korea Bizwire) – KT announced that through collaboration with Lab Genomics, a company specializing in the analysis of genes, they will be launching ‘Nobel Guard’, a machine which screens genetic conditions that cause development disorders among children. Nobel Guard was created with KT’s aptitude in analyzing big data, and the next generation sequence [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) - The results of a very unusual study have showed that the sound from a traditional Korean drum can suppress anaphylaxis, an acute symptom of allergic shocks. Anaphylaxis is a type of acute immune reaction. If anaphylaxis occurs when one is stung by a bee, one can die because of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) - Dasol and Nara, dogs cloned by controversial researcher Hwang Woo-suk and his team, have been accepted into Korea’s rescue dog program. The National 119 Rescue Service of the Ministry of Public Safety and Security announced that Dasol and Nara have passed the official qualification tests for rescue dogs. Seven dogs, [...]
Bukyong National University collected 166 lighters from five beaches near the mouth of the Nakdong River every two months, for two years, in 2012 and 2013. (Image : Yonhap) BUSAN, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – After two years of collecting disposable lighters that washed up on the shores near the mouth of the Nakdong [...]
SEJONG, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s government said Monday that it will join forces with Samsung Electronics Co. to develop precision manufacturing robots that could open new horizons for the local manufacturing sector. The plan calls for 16.75 billion won (US$14.8 million) worth of taxpayers’ money to be invested in the next three [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Research suggests that smartphones with voice recognition features can be hacked using electronic signals if earphones with microphones are connected. The Wireless Security Lab at the National Institute of Information Security in France published a thesis suggesting the hacking possibility in a recent issue of the journal ‘IEEE Transactions [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A Korean research team has developed a medical device that can check if a patient is infected with viruses such as MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) or Ebola within an hour. The Korea Institute of Machinery and Materials (KIMM) announced that a research team led by Doctor Kwon Oh-won of the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chemicals maker SKC Inc. and Germany-based chemical firm BASF are close to clinching a deal later this year to build a hydrogen peroxide plant in the southern industrial city of Ulsan, company officials said Thursday. SKC, a chemical unit under SK Group, has sought to use BASF’s [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Korean medical researchers have developed a new way to treat cancers by leveraging “intravital glowing” like corals or fireflies. Sun Medical Center in Daejeon announced on July 22 that a research team led by Yun Seok-hyun, a professor at Harvard Medical School, and its hemato-oncology doctor Kim Yi-rang succeeded [...]