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Police Push to Tighten Noise Level at Rallies, Fly Drones for Evidence of Illegal Acts

Police Push to Tighten Noise Level at Rallies, Fly Drones for Evidence of Illegal Acts

SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Police have passed strengthened regulations to lower noise from rallies and demonstrations and allow the use of drones to collect evidence of any illegal acts during such assemblies, officials said Wednesday. The revision to the enforcement decree of the Assembly and Demonstration Act was approved Monday as part of [...]

NIBR Develops New Drone Detection Technology to Examine Wild Boar Habitats

NIBR Develops New Drone Detection Technology to Examine Wild Boar Habitats

SEOUL, Sept. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Wild boars are known to traverse densely wooded ridges with steep slopes and engage in foraging activities in areas with fewer trees and gentler slopes, followed by resting in densely wooded hills. The National Institute of Biological Resources (NIBR) announced on Tuesday that it has developed standardized wild boar detection [...]

Jeju to Introduce S. Korea’s First Commercial Drone Delivery Service

Jeju to Introduce S. Korea’s First Commercial Drone Delivery Service

SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Jeju provincial government has announced that it will be introducing a commercial drone delivery service, for the first time in the country, later this year. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the Korea Institute of Aviation Safety Technology selected 15 cities and provinces for the drone [...]

Coast Guard Deploys Drones to Monitor Illegal Chinese Fishing Activities

Coast Guard Deploys Drones to Monitor Illegal Chinese Fishing Activities

INCHEON, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — High-end drones will be deployed on large vessels operated by South Korea’s Coast Guard to monitor Chinese boats engaging in illegal fishing activities, officials said Thursday. The Coast Guard announced that it will invest 28 billion won (US$21.4 million) by 2028 to purchase 144 additional drones for 32 large [...]

Drones Flying Over Junam Reservoir Pose Threats to Migratory Birds

Drones Flying Over Junam Reservoir Pose Threats to Migratory Birds

CHANGWON, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Birds are suffering from drones flying over the Junam Reservoir, a migratory bird habitat in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. According to the city government, some citizens are flying drones over the reservoir to observe the habitat of the migratory birds, thus posing threats to them. During this season, tens [...]

Military Scrambles Fighter Jets to Intercept Balloons, Flocks of Birds After N. Korea’s Drone Infiltration

Military Scrambles Fighter Jets to Intercept Balloons, Flocks of Birds After N. Korea’s Drone Infiltration

SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean military deployed fighter jets in recent days in response to radar sightings of unidentified objects wrongly assumed to be drones from North Korea. On Wednesday morning, an unknown object was detected by radar, with the military scrambling fighter jets on standby to Incheon and northern Gyeonggi [...]

N. Korean Drone Incursions Pose Complex Security Challenge to S. Korea

N. Korean Drone Incursions Pose Complex Security Challenge to S. Korea

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean drones’ infiltrations into South Korea’s airspace this week have demonstrated a new layer of complexity in its national security posture that has focused largely on the recalcitrant neighbor’s missile and nuclear threats rather than such small, hard-to-intercept flying objects, analysts said Tuesday. The South’s defense authorities were [...]

Smart Technology Using Drones and Satellites Brings Evolution to Maps

Smart Technology Using Drones and Satellites Brings Evolution to Maps

SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the National Geographic Information Institute on Monday unveiled high-precision satellite images and the process of making high-precision maps. Drones play an important role in land surveying. The introduction of exclusive drones mounted with high-resolution cameras has contributed to improving both precision [...]