PyeongChang Olympics to showcase automated robots
KAIST chair professor Oh Jun Ho, head of the robot support team for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, poses beside his...
Researchers explore Korean dog DNA
Recent research conducted by the Rural Development Administration reveals that dog breeds that originate in Korea, such as the Jindo (진돗개), the Pungsan (풍산개)...
Weather plane takes flight in Korea
A launch ceremony for Korea's first official government weather plane was held at Gimpo International Airport on Dec. 20. The plane will carry out...
Endangered soan seahorse bred artificially
The Korea National Park Service (KNPS) announces on Oct. 29 that it has succeeded in artificially breeding the endangered soanseahorse (소안 해마) by raising offspring...
KTX shares train tech with France’s TGV
Director General Xavier Ouin of the French National Railway Company (SNCF) speaks with Korea Railroad Corporation representatives during a visit to an express train...
Korea, Russia cooperate on science, technology
Director Choi Won-ho of the International Cooperation Bureau at the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning makes his congratulatory remarks during a ceremony...
Korea shares DNA tech with 12 African countries
Participants from 12 member countries of the Korea-Africa Food and Agriculture Cooperation Initiative learn about how genetic resources are managed, at the Rural Development...
Gov’t pushes 3-D printing as game changer for medicine
Acting President and Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn (second from left) browses prosthetics that were developed with the use of 3-D printing technologies, at the...
Gapado goes green
Residents on Gapado Island, a small outcropping 5.5 kilometers south of Jeju Island, rely on wind turbines and solar panels for their energy.
After a...
Electric vehicle expo shows off green tech
The opening ceremony for the fourth International Electric Vehicle Expo was held at the Yeomiji Botanical Gardens in Seogwipo-si, Jeju Island, on March 17.
Blue...
Seed potatoes developed in Korea flourish in Cambodia
Students from the Royal University of Agriculture (RUA) harvest potatoes grown at a farm in Sen Monorom, in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia, on Feb. 3....
Jeju volcanic caves declared Natural Monument
Lava bridges are found in the Utsanjeongul Cave, part of the Volcanic Caves of the Upper Geomunoreum Lava Tube System, Natural Monument No. 552.
The...
Korea invests in ‘hologram’ technology
Korean experts and enterprises have invested heavily over the past four years in developing patent technologies in hologram, a field which has been dominated...
Lichen specimens donated to the Korea National Herbarium
Some of the major lichen samples such as Caloplaca bogilana were donated to the Korean National Herbarium.
A collection of 17,892 lichen samples was donated...
Seoul, Paris discuss future cooperation in space
Experts and government officials in the space sector from Korea and France discuss cooperation measures at the Korea-France Space Forum on Dec. 12 at...
Korean made nuclear reactor begins operation in Jordan
The first Korean made nuclear reactor, the Jordan Research and Training Reactor (JRTR), began operations in Irbid, northern Jordan, on Dec 7. The national...
Global warming causes ants to move uphill
On Nov. 29, the NIFoS announced that ant habitats are gradually moving on average 4.9 meters in altitude up mountain slopes every year due...
Korea pushes forward with ‘Li-Fi’ development
These days, most people are preoccupied with maintaining a constant state of internet connection, expecting Wi-Fi in a moving subway car, a bustling cafe...
Forest service helps restore Aral Sea
The Aral Sea has shrunk to one tenth of its size due to large-scale irrigation and has been turned into a huge saline desert...
New variety of flatfish exported to China
A new breed of flatfish developed in Korea has been exported to China for the first time.
The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries announced on...
