SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul police rescued an 80-year-old man who went missing after alluding to a possible suicide using drones for the first time in the city. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency’s drone search team rescued an 80-year-old man, who had collapsed near a local reed field near the southern part of [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A private-public-military joint training program and drill has been conducted to prepare for potential drone terror attacks. The Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency carried out a joint anti-drone terror drill together with the Army’s Capital Defense Command and Hansei University at the Jamsil Sports Complex in Seoul on Tuesday. In [...]
GANGNEUNG, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The east coast city of Gangneung in Gangwon Province is coming up with measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 at local beaches. The municipal government plans to mount thermal cameras on drones introduced last year for the enforcement of social distancing policy to track beachgoers with a fever. [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI), a South Korean drone maker, said Wednesday that it has teamed up with a Dutch government agency to utilize its drones for an offshore energy project in the European country. DMI has joined hands with the Development Agency Noord-Holland Noord (NHN) to take part in [...]
ULSAN, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Ulju County of the southeastern city of Ulsan has launched an ambitious artificial pollination project for pear blossoms to assist pear farms during the flowering season. The county held a drone demonstration for pollination last week. It plans to test the drones on three pear farms for artificial pollination, [...]
GWANGJU, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, a state-run science university, has developed new technology that allows drones to land on moving vehicles. The collaboration between flying drones and running vehicles could greatly expand the scope of their respective missions. In particular, given that it is difficult to create [...]
CHEONAN, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A drone is seen climbing through the air carrying a hose, spraying water at the site of a fire 15 meters up in a building. South Chungcheong Province and the Chungcheong Fire Service Academy carried out a successful demonstration of a firefighting drone on the training grounds of the [...]
BUSAN, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A tech startup in the southeastern port city of Busan is drawing attention after it launched a maritime drone delivery business, a first in South Korea. Marine Drone Tech, a specialist in drone technologies, is the first company in the country to receive a registration certificate to operate a [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Doosan Mobility Innovation (DMI), a producer of portable fuel cell power packs for drones, said Tuesday that it has teamed up with the local shipbuilding and marine ICT provider Marineworks to develop a solution to control ships’ sailing by using drones. The two companies will develop an electric marine [...]
JEJU, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones carrying hydrogen fuel cells succeeded in a flight test, opening a new era of post-solar power energy. The provincial government of Jeju Island announced Monday that a hydrogen-powered drone successfully delivered emergency relief supplies to Mount Halla and performed safety monitoring of natural gas pipes and landfills. The [...]