SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean polar researchers have discovered a promising new material for lithium-sulfur battery development in an unexpected place: Antarctic waters. The Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) announced on March 13 that a team of researchers had identified a key component for next-generation lithium-sulfur batteries from a red algae species found near [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has confirmed the phenomenon of slowed growth in seaweed colonies in seas that were once covered by ice. The Korea Polar Research Institute and Sungkyunkwan University conducted a joint research effort, investigating the seaweed ecosystem in Marian Cove near the King Sejong Station in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to build an Antarctic inland research station by 2030 in a move to better respond to climate change and lead global research into the little-known region, the oceans ministry said Tuesday. Under the comprehensive plan meant to promote the country’s polar activities, the government also decided [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has succeeded in cultivating and harvesting a variety of fruits and vegetables such as watermelons and tomatoes in Antarctica, a first since its entry into the coldest continent on earth. The Korea Polar Research Institute said Wednesday that the indoor farm that it, together with the Rural [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Polar Research Institute revealed reports and photos of a seal family on Thursday that researchers have been studying for the past four years near South Korea’s King Sejong Base on King George Island, 120 kilometers off the northwestern coast of Antarctica. South Korean researchers looked after seven [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI) announced Monday that it has discovered a scientific principle on how glacier melt in the Antarctica warms up the East Asian region. It has been commonly understood that the cold water from melting glaciers lowers the surface temperature of the Antarctic sea, which [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean icebreaker and research vessel Araon began its 139-day journey to Antarctica carrying researchers from the King Sejong Station. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced that a total of 84 people including 35 researchers from the overwinter party boarded the Araon as it departed the southern [...]
SEOUL, April 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Korea Polar Research Institute are pushing for quarantine measures to prevent the spread of the coronavirus to research institutions in the polar regions. The Korea Antarctic Research Program and the Jang Bogo Antarctic Research Station in Antarctica have controlled all outsiders’ [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean scientists has identified the role of Antarctic ice shelves, revealing that they function as barriers preventing warm sea water flowing in from outside, and slowing the melting of Antarctic glaciers. The ice shelves are huge sheets of ice, hundreds of meters thick, that surround [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A specially protected area for penguins led by South Korea is set to open for the second time in Antarctica. The South Korean government reported that it had officially proposed the designation of a new Antarctic Specially Protected Area along with China and Italy at the 42nd Antarctic Treaty [...]