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Busan to Invest 11 Billion Won to Develop Wearable Robots for the Elderly

Busan to Invest 11 Billion Won to Develop Wearable Robots for the Elderly

BUSAN, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Busan Metropolitan Government has announced plans to invest almost 12 billion won into developing wearable robots for the elderly over the next four years. Busan’s project dubbed ‘soft wearable suit technology development venture’ was recently picked up by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP), as [...]

Scientists Develop Alloys That Can Withstand Extreme Low Temperatures

Scientists Develop Alloys That Can Withstand Extreme Low Temperatures

SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A group of South Korean scientists have developed high-strength and high-entropy alloys that can withstand temperatures as low as minus 196 degrees Celsius, the ICT ministry said Wednesday, a finding that can have various industrial applications. The team led by Kim Hyung-seob at Pohang University of Science and Technology developed [...]

Government Committed to Slashing Phone Bills for Socially Marginalized

Government Committed to Slashing Phone Bills for Socially Marginalized

SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The newly elected Moon Jae-in administration has reaffirmed its stance on cutting mobile phone bills for the socially marginalized in South Korea. In a business meeting with the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) held today, Lee Gae-ho from the advisory committee for government planning said reducing [...]

Budget Mobile Networks Continue To Suffer Despite Record Subscriber Numbers

Budget Mobile Networks Continue To Suffer Despite Record Subscriber Numbers

SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Budget telecommunications networks continue to report losses nearly six years after they first appeared following an agreement with major mobile network operators in the South Korean market, despite a growing number of customers. According to the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIF), the so-called budget telecommunications networks, widely known [...]

Public Home Shopping Channel for Small Companies and Farmers Ready to Launch

Public Home Shopping Channel for Small Companies and Farmers Ready to Launch

SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning held a hearing on November 17 to introduce a public television home shopping channel, which is exclusively reserved for small businesses and farmers. The government plans to considerably lower a fee and dedicate 95 to 100 percent of programming for goods manufactured [...]

ETRI to Develop Service to Manage Integrated Medical Records

ETRI to Develop Service to Manage Integrated Medical Records

SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Dispersed medical records in many medical institutions will be integrated in a personal smartphone in South Korea. The Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) announced on November 6 that it started to develop an ICT Healing Platform Service, which allows a patient to gather scattered medical records from hospitals [...]

Radiation Exposure Risk Kids Smartphone Poses Much Higher than Other Phones

Radiation Exposure Risk Kids Smartphone Poses Much Higher than Other Phones

SEOUL, Oct. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – It is reported that a specific absorption rate of SK Telecom’s “Kids Phone JooN” is three times higher than that of other smartphones on average. Congresswoman Yu Seung-hee said that, based on data submitted by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning, the specific absorption rate (SAR) of [...]