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- Korea’s IT secures the safety of Special Olympics
- Feb 05, 2013
- Korean athlete Kang Hyeon-ju crosses the finish line first during the snowshoeing race on January 30 at Alpensia Resort (photo: Jeon Han). What if you get lost in a strange country whose culture, environment, and geography you don’t understand? What’s even worse -- if you have in...
- South Korea launches rocket into orbit
- Jan 31, 2013
- South Korea succeeded in launching a space rocket for the first time on its third attempt. Seeing eleven years of effort pay off, the Naro rocket reached a target altitude nine minutes after takeoff and placed a satellite in orbit, said the Ministry of Education, Science and Tech...
- Samsung, LG usher in a new era of curved OLED TVs
- Jan 11, 2013
- The world’s first 55-inch curved OLED TVs were unveiled on January 8 at the 2013 International CES held in Las Vegas (photo: Samsung Electronics).Korea’s top global enterprises Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics have unveiled their own models of the world’s first curved OLED ...
- Korea leads the Green way
- Dec 26, 2012
- Green Technology South Korea is one of the first countries to enshrine green growth in its national development strategy. In 2008, the country dedicated 80 percent of its fiscal stimulus plan to green growth projects, particularly infrastructure and transportation. The following ...
- Korea strives to spread its climate forecast technology
- Dec 10, 2012
- Korea has completed a ‘green triangle’ by establishing the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) and Green Technology Center-Korea (GTC-K) along with hosting the headquarters of the Green Climate Fund (GCF) in Korea. Leading environmental preservation and preparation for climate c...
- Korea’s vertical farms envision a greener future
- Nov 28, 2012
- Imagine a skyscraper inhabited not by people but by plants, where robots monitor spaces that have been technologically equipped to mimic a natural environment. From sunlight to carbon dioxide levels, the meticulously adjusted indoor environment allows for continuous plant growth ...
- Smart insights into smart content
- Nov 21, 2012
- As mobile devices and various “smart” tools become increasingly common, the demand for creative content that can maximize the capabilities of these innovations is also growing. In Korea, especially, where over 60 percent of the country uses a smartphone and 95 percent of househol...
- Pedestrian navigation app is ready
- Oct 23, 2012
- The Ministry of Land Transport and Maritime Affairs (MLTM) announced that as a co-project with Seoul National University, a smart phone navigation app for pedestrians is ready for service. The team, led by engineering Professor Yoo Ki-yun from Seoul National University, developed...
- Korea’s first “aboveground” subway unveiled
- Oct 04, 2012
- A new transportation system that combines the reliability of subways with the convenience of buses has arrived in Korea. The country’s new administrative capital, Sejong City, launched Korea’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system on September 19. The new, domestically-developed s...
- Tentative schedule for a rocket launch in October
- Sep 21, 2012
- Korea has tentatively set a date next month for the launch of the Naro-1 rocket, in a third attempt to send the country's first-ever rocket into space. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology announced on September 11 that it would launch the rocket in late October betw...
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