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S. Korea to Invest 500 Bln Won to Foster Drone Industry in next 3 Yrs

S. Korea to Invest 500 Bln Won to Foster Drone Industry in next 3 Yrs

SEJONG, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will spend a total of 500 billion won (US$428 million) in the coming three years to foster the rapidly growing drone industry as a new growth engine for Asia’s fourth-largest economy, the trade ministry here said Tuesday.  “The drone technology generates massive ripple effects on conventional industries, [...]

Technology in Development to Bring down N. Korean Drones with EMP

Technology in Development to Bring down N. Korean Drones with EMP

SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is developing a technology to bring down unmanned North Korean aircraft using electromagnetic pulse (EMP), military officials said Sunday.  According to the officials, the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) has developed a directional, high-powered EMP generator, and it’s trying to devise ways to use it against small [...]

S. Korea to Expand Use of Drones to Delivery, Life-Saving Missions

S. Korea to Expand Use of Drones to Delivery, Life-Saving Missions

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean firefighters may soon start using drones in their search and rescue missions, while remote controlled drones may also help save lives by airlifting much needed medicine and other emergency supplies to people in areas often stranded by seasonal floods or heavy snowfall, the government said Thursday.  One [...]

Scientists Discover Efficient Flight Mechanism of Insects Using “Insect Robot”

Scientists Discover Efficient Flight Mechanism of Insects Using “Insect Robot”

DAEJEON, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Aerospace University scientists have discovered the fundamentals of insect flight, using a newly developed “insect robot”. According to the team, most insects use a flying method that creates spiraling vortices around the wings, which allows for stable flight even in sudden gusts. Although there have been scientific studies [...]

Commercial Drone Service Market Estimated at 144T KRW

Commercial Drone Service Market Estimated at 144T KRW

SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The opinion that a regulation free zone should be implemented in Korea has been proposed as the global service market for commercial drones is now estimated to be 144.8 trillion KRW.  According to the report “Current Status of Commercial Drones and the Policy to Deregulate the Operation” proposed by [...]

Government Operating Chinese Drones Despite Promises to Nurture Domestic Industry

Government Operating Chinese Drones Despite Promises to Nurture Domestic Industry

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 [...]

Korean Presidential Residence Vulnerable to Drone Attacks

Korean Presidential Residence Vulnerable to Drone Attacks

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 [...]