Seoul district opens 10 smart, virus-free bus stops
By Kim Young Deok and Yoon Sojung
Video = Seongdong-gu District Office
High-tech bus stops that can protect commuters from viruses and fine dust and shelter them from snow...
Plan to build AI-based immigration control system announced
Deputy ICT Minister Kim Jeong-won gives a speech on July 23 at the opening ceremony of an artificial intelligence-powered identification and tracking system verification at Nuriggum...
Launch of Anasis-II marks new era in defense
Korea's first military communications satellite Anasis-II on July 20 is carried on the rocket Falcon-9 and launched at 5:30 p.m. in Florida at Cape Canaveral Air Force...
[K-quarantine ③] Test kit propels SolGent as globally known company
SolGent is Korea's only company that produces the main enzymes for COVID-19 test kits, with 20 years of gene detection R&D. The photo above shows a...
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In line with global acclaim for Korea's effective quarantine response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), domestic companies are also receiving rising attention from...
[K-quarantine ①] Walk-thru booth maker eyes global expansion
In line with the global acclaim for Korea's effective quarantine response to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19), domestic companies are also receiving rising attention from the...
Project launched to develop self-driving ships by 2025
The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy and the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries on June 17 announced the launch of a joint working group to...
Korea launches world’s 1st satellite to monitor oceans, environment
The world's first geostationary satellite for monitoring oceans and the environment, the Cheollian-2B, on Feb. 18 is launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana at 7:18 a.m....
New museum library presents cultural heritage using digital tech
Visitors on Feb. 4 watch the Interactive Media Wall at the National Palace Museum in Seoul. The museum on the same day opened the...
Korea unveils world’s 1st geostationary environmental satellite
The world's first geostationary environmental monitoring satellite Chollian 2B, which monitors fine dust and the marine environment, is unveiled on Dec. 4. The photo shows...
‘Techplomacy is win-win strategy for Korea, Denmark’
Danish Tech Ambassador Casper Klynge on March 22 emphasizes the significance of expanding “techplomacy” between Korea and Denmark in a discussion at Seoul Square...
Costa Rican student’s innovative timer helps non-Koreans make better kimchi
Maria Jose Reyes, a Costa Rican graduate student who developed a kimchi timer while earning her master's at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science...
Drone Show Korea 2019 showcases latest, greatest in drones
Drone Show Korea 2019 opened on Jan. 24 at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center (BEXCO). First Vice Minister of Science and ICT Mun...
1st English-language guide on Korean Peninsula mammals published
"Mammals of Korea" is the first English-language guide on 127 mammal species on the Korean Peninsula
By = Xu Aiying and Kim Minji
Photos = Ministry of Environment
A government...
Korea successfully tests 75-ton space rocket engine
Korea’s locally developed space rocket engine Korea Space Launch Vehicle-2 Nuri test-launches at the Naro Space Center in Goheung, Jeollanam-do Province on Nov. 28.
By Min...
Korea’s 4IR technology products are introduced to the public
‘NEO’ is a robot railway police that has been developed by FUTUREROBOT Corporation. The robot was introduced to the public during the Korea Innovative...
OECD countries emphasize digital transformation in e-government sector
Minister of the Interior and Safety Kim Boo Kyum emphasizes the importance of digital transformation by actively applying new technologies to the public sector...
Korea’s new satellites about to take off
The new Chollian-2A geostationary weather satellite, to be launched from the Guiana Space Center at Kourou in French Guiana on Dec. 4 (local time),...
Korea to test-launch first homegrown space rocket
Korea’s first homegrown space rocket engine, the Nuri, is to be test-launched in October. (Ministry of Science and ICT)
By Jung Joo-ri and Kim Young Shin
Korea’s first homegrown...
Facts About Korea website gets new look
The renewed Facts About Korea website will serve as an archive of the errors that were found about Korea, and link to the corrections,...
