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Vertical Aerospace joins consortium to demonstrate UAM service in S. Korea
SEOUL -- Vertical Aerospace, a British aerospace manufacturer, will provide its electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as the sixth member of a South Korean consortium that will participate in the demonstration of urban air mobility (UAM), an ecosystem covering personal air vehicles and infrastructure. Vertical Aerospace's eVTOL aircraft is the same model that will make a pilot flight along established flight paths in Paris during the 2024 Olympics. Vertical Aer
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K-pop singer AleXa wins NBC's music program 'American Song Contest'
SEOUL -- Alexaundra Christine Schneiderman, an American singer and dancer better known by her stage name AleXa in South Korea, became the winner of an American TV channel NBC's music competition show called "American Song Contest." The 25-year-old K-pop singer who competed with 55 American artists including veteran singers Michael Bolton and Macy Gray will showcase her performance at the Billboard Music Awards in Las Vegas. "I am beyond words…Thank you so,
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Researchers develop ultra-thin, highly efficient piezoelectric device
SEOUL -- Researchers developed an ultra-thin and highly-efficient piezoelectric power generator that can generate electricity from the slightest movements of body parts. Conventional devices were bulky and they were unable to generate energy from small movements. The flexible device can adhere to the skin or other curved surfaces. Piezoelectric generators convert mechanical energy such as friction, vibration, and physical pressure into electricity. Along with photovoltaic generato
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Southwestern coastal city to distribute biodegradable fishnets
SEOUL -- Biodegradable fishnets will be distributed to encourage South Korean fishermen to reduce their dependency on nylon or plastic products that could pose a grieve threat to the ocean ecosystem. With subsidies, crab fishermen can purchase eco-friendly nets for about 60 percent of their original price. Lost or abandoned plastic fishnets and fishing equipment are called ghost fishnets that seriously pollute the ocean by trapping living organisms including fish and seaweeds. The
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CJ Group makes strategic investment in global fandom business startup
SEOUL -- Two CJ Group units made a strategic investment in bemyfriends, a global fandom business startup in South Korea, to strengthen global direct-to-consumer marketing through non-fungible tokens and artificial intelligence technology. They will work together to maximize synergy and strengthen their leadership of the creator economy. bemyfriends said that it has attracted 22.4 billion won ($17.6 million) from CJ, the holding company of CJ Group, and CJ OliveNetworks, an IT serv
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S. Korea develops radar technology capable of tracking multiple ballistic missile warheads
SEOUL -- South Korea's defense technology development agency has developed a core radar technology for the detection of ballistic missile warheads. The homemade technology will enable military radars to selectively detect the multiple warheads of ballistic missiles and reduce South Korea's heavy reliance on U.S. technologies. A ballistic missile carrying multiple warheads leaves a trail of debris and empty fuel canisters during its flight. Outdated radars are often fooled by
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Hanwha Impact's subsidiary secures order to turn Rotterdam gas turbine into mixed combustion
SEOUL -- Thomassen Energy, the Dutch gas turbine subsidiary of Hanwha Impact, has secured an order to turn a 123-megawatt-class gas turbine run by Uniper, a German energy company, into a mixed combustion system that burns natural gas together with hydrogen to generate electricity. Uniper's 23-megawatt turbine in Rotterdam will be transformed into a combustion system that burns more than 30 percent of hydrogen, Hanwha Impact said, adding that a nitrogen oxide treatment system w
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Samsung C& strengthens partnership with American SMR company NuScale
SEOUL -- Samsung C&T, a Samsung Group unit involved in trade, investment and construction, will strengthen its partnership with NuScale Power, a small modular reactor (SMR) company in the United States. They agreed to cooperate as a strategic partner in SMR projects in Romania and other East European countries. SMRs can address the limitations of light-water reactors using low-enriched uranium that cost a lot to replace nuclear fuel and require a vast emergency evacuation zone
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State research institute upgrades open-source R&D platform to accelerate research collaboration
SEOUL -- A state research institute in South Korea has upgraded its open-source research and development platform to allow anyone to make changes to computer programming codes or participate in various R&D projects. Open-source applications and platforms are based on the participation of people and their collective intelligence. The free-to-use programming applications have become a new paradigm in the fields of R&D. Various R&D projects can be branched out from a sin
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SK E&S joins world's largest carbon capture project by acquiring 10% of U.S. project leader Summit
SEOUL -- SK E&S, an energy company affiliated with South Korea's SK Group, will join what would be the world's largest carbon capture project by spending $110 million to acquire a 10 percent stake in U.S. project leader Summit Carbon Solutions, a business platform that addresses the global challenge of decarbonization. Summit's project is aimed at capturing up to 12 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year from 32 corn ethanol plants in five midwest states. CO2 ca
May 10, 2022
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Seoul unveils new slogan for iconic landmark 'Dongdaemun Design Plaza'
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VIDEO: Dongdaemun Design Plaza celebrates 10th anniversary
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Korean e-commerce firms vying to lure customers quitting Coupang over fee hike
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N. Korean leader inspects test-firing of new multiple rocket launcher shell
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Korean football team fails to qualify for Olympics for first time in 40 years
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Seoul aims to revitalize Han River into leisure, tourism hub
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Education startup Mathpresso makes TIME's top edutech company list
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Vietnamese schools adopt AI-based Korean learning platform
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VISUALS: Premier electric vehicle fair underway in Seoul
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HYBE takes legal action against NewJeans agency CEO amid management control feud