GYERYONG, South Korea, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The annual Gyeryong Military Culture Festival (October 2 to 6) showcased on Monday a drone competition during which 300 drones made simultaneous flights. According to the event’s organizing committee, it is often considered impossible for more than some 20 drones to fly at the same time due [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) faced embarrassment during a parliamentary audit Tuesday when a report revealed that a large number of drones under its possession were from Chinese manufacturers. The MOLIT is among the government departments responsible for nurturing the domestic drone industry. According to MOLIT [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will develop or purchase a new laser air defense weapon to bring down small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) sent by North Korea, military officials said Wednesday. “Amid growing worries about possible terror attacks by North Korea’s unmanned drones, we are planning to secure a high-precision weapon which [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent military data has shown that with the increasing popularity of drones, their presence in the no-fly zone (P73A) covering Cheong Wa Dae is now threatening the security of one of Korea’s most important government facilities. Cheong Wa Dae (the Blue House), the equivalent of the White House in the [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI) announced Thursday that its EAV-3, a solar-powered drone, completed a successful 90-minute flight in the Earth’s stratosphere, some 18.5 kilometers above the surface of the earth, on August 12. This also made the aircraft the world’s third of its kind to successfully enter [...]
DAEJEON, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Watching a grown man or woman playing with toys still isn’t a common sight, but if recent trends continue, it might soon well be. The so-called ‘kidult’ (kid + adult) market is rapidly expanding in Korea. With a current value of 700 billion won ($610 million), the market is [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – In what was perhaps a sign of the future, the 2016 Drone Racing World Masters were dominated by teenage talents. With 32 contestants from 12 countries across the globe participating, the competition was organized into two categories: a racing category that measured the fastest lap time around a track, [...]
INCHEON, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) – The Incheon Agricultural Technology Center (IATC) hosted a demonstrative event Thursday, at which a drone dispersed agricultural pesticides to prevent blight and other crop-harming insects. The so-called ‘drone pest control’, according to officials, is one of the solutions to Korea’s aging farming population, and a shrinking workforce in the [...]
GANGNEUNG, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – From leisure activities to military or industrial purposes, drones have lately become part of everyday life for many people. For the first time in the country, lifesaving drones will be flying over Gyeongpo Beach on Korea’s eastern coast as part of a pilot project. The city of Gangneung announced that [...]
SEJONG, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Israel have agreed to jointly develop an amphibious drone as part of their cooperation in financing research and development projects, the trade ministry here said Monday. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Israeli Ministry of Economy held a meeting on industrial development in [...]