SEOUL, Jan. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, drew significant attention on the last day of 2023 by posting a satellite image of North and South Korea on X (formerly Twitter), demonstrating the striking contrast between the two Koreas at night. The shared photo vividly contrasts the brightly lit South Korea with [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The national land satellite imagery, developed using local technology, will be utilized globally for disaster and catastrophe relief. The National Geographic Information Institute on Wednesday announced its partnership with the International Charter Space and Major Disasters during the Charter’s main conference last month. The institute is now a “satellite [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday released satellite imagery showing the movement of fine dust from China to South Korea in the latest scientific evidence that China is partly to blame for poor air quality in the region. The Chollian-2B, a South Korean environmental satellite, observed high concentrations of fine dust [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – Recent satellite imagery shows fresh activity at North Korea’s nuclear test site, suggesting that excavation and maintenance operations are under way, a U.S. website monitoring the communist nation said Thursday. Satellite imagery taken on Aug. 27 of the North’s Punggye-ri underground nuclear test site shows a small number of [...]
SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is all set to provide the world with high-resolution commercial satellite imagery from its new satellite, a government ministry said Monday. The Korea Multipurpose Satellite-3A (KOMSAT-3A), also known as the Arirang-3A, was put into orbit in March last year as part of South Korea’s efforts to emerge [...]