SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Army has recently established a new forensic investigation system to counter the illicit use of commercial drones for infiltrating and filming military installations, officials said Monday. The armed service’s Central Investigation Group introduced the system for the detailed analysis of crimes and accidents involving drones. It has [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean National Fire Agency announced on Thursday that it will now be able to deploy firefighting drones in emergency situations following measures that lifted restrictions on drone use. From now on, the fire agency can acquire speedy approval from local offices of aviation by phone to use [...]
SUWON, Mar. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones are expected to soon become the new ‘right hand’ of farming in South Korea. The Gyeonggi-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services invited 100 agricultural experts and farmers on Wednesday to conduct a demonstration of rice cropping using drones. The institution is also responsible for studying and educating farmers [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean telecom KT Corp. said Tuesday it will integrate its 5G network with a voice-controlled drone enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) to better monitor major infrastructure. KT signed a memorandum of understanding with indigenous drone developer Woori Aviation Co., voice recognition solution start-up Syncspace and the state-run Korea [...]
BUSAN, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The Drone Show Korea 2019 began on Thursday at BEXCO in Haeundae, Busan. Hosted by the city of Busan, jointly with Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and Ministry of Science and ICT, Asia’s largest drone show has gathered 110 companies to showcase cutting-edge drones and related products. Under [...]
ULSAN, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Ulsan plans to launch a pilot project to load shipments onto cargo vessels docked at the city’s port using drones. The project will involve constructing a mobile drone terminal at the Port of Ulsan to quickly load shipments onto vessels using drones. The city plans to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A new method of measuring the amount of scattering dust using photos taken by smartphones or drones has been developed by the National Institute of Environmental Research. The Ministry of Environment said it will come up with an examination standard for measuring scattering dust using the new optical method. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will allow firefighter drones to take to the air with minimum approval from authorities, the government said Wednesday. Under revised aviation safety laws, emergency response personnel can immediately launch a drone and fly it to the scene of a fire after making a phone call to the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is expected to move forward with new policies that would permit the installation of hydrogen charging stations in semi-residential areas and commercial areas as well as the establishment of drone zones in currently prohibited airspace. Such issues were addressed yesterday at the Central Government Complex [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Among various kinds of certifications, drone pilot certification was found to be the most popular among South Koreans. According to Yes24, a South Korean online bookstore, some 1,720 books related to drone pilot certification were sold in 2017, a big jump from 10 books in 2015 and 170 books [...]