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Southwestern coastal city to distribute biodegradable fishnets
SEOUL -- Biodegradable fishnets will be distributed to encourage South Korean fishermen to reduce their dependency on nylon or plastic products that could pose a grieve threat to the ocean ecosystem. With subsidies, crab fishermen can purchase eco-friendly nets for about 60 percent of their original price. Lost or abandoned plastic fishnets and fishing equipment are called ghost fishnets that seriously pollute the ocean by trapping living organisms including fish and seaweeds. The
May 10, 2022 -
CJ Group makes strategic investment in global fandom business startup
SEOUL -- Two CJ Group units made a strategic investment in bemyfriends, a global fandom business startup in South Korea, to strengthen global direct-to-consumer marketing through non-fungible tokens and artificial intelligence technology. They will work together to maximize synergy and strengthen their leadership of the creator economy. bemyfriends said that it has attracted 22.4 billion won ($17.6 million) from CJ, the holding company of CJ Group, and CJ OliveNetworks, an IT serv
May 10, 2022 -
S. Korea develops radar technology capable of tracking multiple ballistic missile warheads
SEOUL -- South Korea's defense technology development agency has developed a core radar technology for the detection of ballistic missile warheads. The homemade technology will enable military radars to selectively detect the multiple warheads of ballistic missiles and reduce South Korea's heavy reliance on U.S. technologies. A ballistic missile carrying multiple warheads leaves a trail of debris and empty fuel canisters during its flight. Outdated radars are often fooled by
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Hanwha Impact's subsidiary secures order to turn Rotterdam gas turbine into mixed combustion
SEOUL -- Thomassen Energy, the Dutch gas turbine subsidiary of Hanwha Impact, has secured an order to turn a 123-megawatt-class gas turbine run by Uniper, a German energy company, into a mixed combustion system that burns natural gas together with hydrogen to generate electricity. Uniper's 23-megawatt turbine in Rotterdam will be transformed into a combustion system that burns more than 30 percent of hydrogen, Hanwha Impact said, adding that a nitrogen oxide treatment system w
May 10, 2022 -
Samsung C& strengthens partnership with American SMR company NuScale
SEOUL -- Samsung C&T, a Samsung Group unit involved in trade, investment and construction, will strengthen its partnership with NuScale Power, a small modular reactor (SMR) company in the United States. They agreed to cooperate as a strategic partner in SMR projects in Romania and other East European countries. SMRs can address the limitations of light-water reactors using low-enriched uranium that cost a lot to replace nuclear fuel and require a vast emergency evacuation zone
May 10, 2022 -
State research institute upgrades open-source R&D platform to accelerate research collaboration
SEOUL -- A state research institute in South Korea has upgraded its open-source research and development platform to allow anyone to make changes to computer programming codes or participate in various R&D projects. Open-source applications and platforms are based on the participation of people and their collective intelligence. The free-to-use programming applications have become a new paradigm in the fields of R&D. Various R&D projects can be branched out from a sin
May 10, 2022 -
SK E&S joins world's largest carbon capture project by acquiring 10% of U.S. project leader Summit
SEOUL -- SK E&S, an energy company affiliated with South Korea's SK Group, will join what would be the world's largest carbon capture project by spending $110 million to acquire a 10 percent stake in U.S. project leader Summit Carbon Solutions, a business platform that addresses the global challenge of decarbonization. Summit's project is aimed at capturing up to 12 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year from 32 corn ethanol plants in five midwest states. CO2 ca
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Seoul opens metaverse-based city hall as demonstration to establish metaverse city
SEOUL -- Seoul City has created a city hall inside a metaverse, a virtually created world accessible using smart devices or PCs, as a pilot service. Users can visit the lobby of the city hall and the Seoul Mayor's office using their avatars. In November 2021, Seoul unveiled its scheme to provide metaverse-based services in every administrative sector by 2026. Avatar workers will handle various civic complaints and provide virtual tourism experiences such as virtual traditional
May 10, 2022 -
Researchers develop spider-inspired frequency damper for biosignal sensors
SEOUL -- South Korean researchers have developed a frequency damper that is capable of neutralizing vibration noise so that a bioelectric module can accurately read and monitor biosignals. The damper was inspired by cuticular pad spiders. A cuticular pad is an organ located at the final segment of a spider's leg. The special soft pad is used for filtering unwanted vibrations from a spider web or from the ground when a spider is stalking its prey. The cuticular pad absorbs low-f
May 9, 2022 -
S. Korea's homemade medical radioactive isotype 'GE-68' to be exported to US
SEOUL -- A medical radioactive isotype called "Germanium-68" produced by a state nuclear energy body in South Korea will be exported to the United States for the first time. The radioactive isotope will be used as a raw material for cancer diagnosis and as calibration sources to maintain the accuracy of radiation imaging equipment such as positron emission tomography. Germanium-68 (GE-68) can be delivered for a long time because about 270 days is required to reduce to half
May 9, 2022
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Commemorative event explores Tagore's legacy in Korea
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VISUALS: Indian philosopher Tagore's 163rd birth anniversary celebrated on Nami Island
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John Y. Lee, Korean War hero who interpreted for MacArthur, dies at 95
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'We support BTS, not HYBE'
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Hanwha Robotics, B-Robotics join hands on restaurant automation project
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BTS agency launches global audition for new boy band
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Spike in juvenile gambling raises concerns in Korea
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Harmful substances found in toys sold on Chinese e-commerce platforms
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Hyundai Rotem selected as preferred bidder for armored vehicle contract with Peru
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Korea to launch international webtoon festival in September