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- Researchers recover 98.3% of plastic by recycling waste coffee capsules SEOUL -- South Korean researchers have developed a method to recover 98.3 percent of plastic by recycling waste coffee capsules with low recycling rates. Recycled plastic can be applied to various products by efficiently removing aluminum. The waste coffee capsule consists of plastic accounts for 97.3 percent of the waste coffee capsule and aluminum 2.7 percent. The Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) said its research team shredded waste capsules and washe 26 October 2022
- WeMade shows positive outlook for game business in China despite Q3 net loss SEOUL -- WeMade, an online game developer that created "The Legend of Mir," a free-to-play fantasy massively multiplayer online role-playing game, showed a rather positive outlook for its business in China, which has delayed the process of screening applications from South Korean game companies to provide services in the world’s largest gaming market. "Since a big political event in China is over, business development there will be a little more lively than be 26 October 2022
- Doosan Enerbility strengthens partnership with German 3D printer company EOS SEOUL -- EOS, a German provider of metal 3D printers, will provide new technologies and cooperate in marketing with Doosan Enerbility, a power plant equipment manufacturer in South Korea, to strengthen their partnership that led to the development of a cobalt alloy 3D printing process used to repair old gas turbines. EOS will share user feedback and technical needs with Doosan Enerbility. "This cooperation with EOS has laid the foundation for the faster application of worl 26 October 2022
- POSCO's thick plate wins DNV certification as wind turbine raw material SEOUL -- DNV, a classification society based in Norway, has certified South Korea's leading steel group, POSCO, as a company to produce thick steel plates that can reduce the use of steel for wind turbine towers and sub-substructure by about 10 percent. The steelmaker promotes its product as a cost-efficient material that can cope with rising raw material prices. DNV approved the thick plate plant of POSCO's steel mill in the southern industrial port city of Gwangyang as a s 26 October 2022
- Lotte Chemical works with logistics company to recycle waste packaging vinyl SEOUL -- Lotte Chemical, a major chemical company based in South Korea, joined hands with Samsung Electronics Logitech, a corporate logistics management agency, to expand the virtuous cycle of packaging materials by recycling waste vinyl made of polyethylene, which is the most commonly produced plastic used for packaging. Lotte Chemical said it would collect waste vinyl used by Samsung Electronics Logitech for packaging to produce high-quality packaging materials and supply them ba 26 October 2022
- Hanwha Systems works with research body to develop ultra-small synthetic-aperture radar satellites SEOUL -- Hanwha Systems, a key defense contractor involved in the development of antennas and other crucial equipment in South Korea, joined hands with a state-run technology institute to secure core technologies for the development of an ultra-small synthetic-aperture radar satellite that can transmit high-quality and high-resolution earth observation images. Synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) is a form of radar used to create two-dimensional images or three-dimensional reconstructions 25 October 2022
- Hyundai Engineering & Construction wins approval to demonstrate TV frequency-based wireless communication for underground tunnels SEOUL -- Hyundai Engineering and Construction, a major builder in South Korea, won government approval to use a new wireless solution that enables undisrupted communication from the surface to deep underground construction sites, using "TV white space," which is unused TV frequencies. The solution with extremely high transmission power will be used to secure the safety of workers. Previously, long-term evolution (LTE) repeaters were installed for communication between insi 25 October 2022
- SK Bioscience receives $140 million CEPI fund to develop mRNA vaccine platform SEOUL -- SK Bioscience, the developer of South Korea's first homemade COVID-19 vaccine, will receive a new research fund of up to $140 million from an international foundation, which finances vaccine research projects, to push for the development of a messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine with the aim of establishing a research and development system that can prevent existing or unknown viruses. SK Bioscience said it has been selected by the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedne 25 October 2022