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- Welcoming Korea’s first mass-produced electric car
- May 04, 2012
- The Ministry of Environment (MOE) has announced a goal to deploy an additional 2,500 electric cars by the end of 2012. To commemorate the kickoff of this and related policy initiatives designed to encourage electric vehicle deployment throughout Korea, the MOE held a ceremony on ...
- April: the month of science in Korea
- Apr 13, 2012
- As April is the month of science in Korea, government agencies and regional administrations including the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology are offering nearly 700 programs and events nationwide in this month. First, the 45th anniversary ceremony of Science Day will ...
- Korea extends education aid
- Apr 11, 2012
- The Republic of Korea is considered to be on equal footing with advanced countries in science and technology. The International Institute for Management and Development in Geneva, Switzerland (better known as IMD), ranked South Korea fifth in scientific infrastructure, 11th in pa...
- Robot-friendly Korea
- Apr 09, 2012
- Oh Jun-ho, professor of mechanical engineering at KAIST and HUBO research team leader, with a HUBO prototype (Photo: Yonhap News)From manufacturing and medical services to education and national defense, Korea has a robot to meet your needs. Since being identified in 2003 as one ...
- Korean mutation information available online
- Apr 05, 2012
- The Korea National Institutes of Health (KNIH) announced on April 2 that the content of the Korean Mutation Database (KMD) was selected as "In This Issue" for the April issue of Human Mutation, an international journal of genetics and heredity. "The KMD is a country-specific gen...
- Sejong City to have Korea's first smart school
- Mar 16, 2012
- An electronic message board displays real-time notifications (Photo: Gonggam Korea).Korea’s first smart school opened on March 2 in Sejong Special Autonomous City, a special administrative district in Chuncheongnam-do (South Chungcheong Province). Hansol High School...
- LEDs and smart grids: keys to Korea's green technology
- Mar 08, 2012
- Korea is strong in the smart grid and LED industries. As those industries are expected to lead the world, the Korean government has spared no effort or money on the R&D and the creation of a market for those industries. The government’s support for the smart grid and LED indu...
- The icebreaker ARAON exploring the Antarctic
- Feb 21, 2012
- The name of the icebreaker ARAON is derived from Korean words 'Ara' for Sea and 'On' for All and represents a project to cruise around the world (photo courtesy of Korean Polar Research Institute). On Jan. 11, around 11:15 am, the RV Araon received an emergency call while at bert...
- Korea strengthens science education in Cambodia
- Feb 17, 2012
- In Cambodia, two new research labs have opened at the Royal University of Phnom Penh (RUPP). The research labs are part of an institute that was created as part of an ODA project launched by Korea’s Ministry of Education, Science and Technology in partnership with Sogang Universi...
- Smart work to expand services in Korea
- Jan 27, 2012
- The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) announced on January 19 that it will expand smart work services to improve the working environment for women and the handicapped and to enhance the competitiveness of traditional Korean markets and small and medium-sized enterprises. ...
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