SouthKorea
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Seoul demonstrates online shopping mall for 'rehabilitated' bicycles
SEOUL -- Seoul City started a "rehabilitation" program for abandoned bicycles by teaming up with a domestic artificial intelligence and blockchain-based bicycle trading platform startup. Through the platform, Seoul can sell some 15,000 recycled bicycles every year. In Seoul, an annual average of about 16,000 abandoned bicycles are collected by local district governments, but they are normally stored in warehouses due to the lack of sales channels. Previously, a monthly av
4 January 2022
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Southern industrial city to measure air quality using public buses
SEOUL -- Through a 500 million won ($423,000) provincial project, the southern industrial city of Gumi will analyze air quality including the density of particulate matter by installing air pollution sensors on public buses and bus stops. The city will set up new environmental policies based on data collected from smart pollution detectors. Particulate matter is microscopic dust particles with various harmful substances including heavy metal and carbon composites. According to the
31 December 2021
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All expressway service areas to support non-face-to-face orders in 2022
SEOUL -- To help travelers safely enjoy delicious cuisines without the worry of standing in a long line while keeping social distance rules, all expressway service areas will enforce non-face-to-face orders in 2022 so that customers can make an order using smartphones and pick up food when it's ready. South Korea's service areas have a unique food culture where travelers make a stop to grab snacks or meals. People used to wait in the queue to purchase hotdogs, fried potatoe
31 December 2021
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Seoul wins approval for demonstration of advertising services using public bicycles
SEOUL -- Seoul City won government approval to demonstrate outdoor advertising service using a public bicycle's body frame and wheels. Previously, advertisements attached to bicycles were prohibited due to safety reasons. Through the regulation exemption program, business operators will be able to advertise their products using public bicycles. Seoul City was allowed to demonstrate outdoor advertising services using public bikes' parts through a regulatory sandbox policy
30 December 2021
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Sudden gust of winds foils launch of sounding rocket built by rocket start-up
SEOUL -- A sudden gust of winds foiled the launch of a small liquid-propellant sounding rocket designed by South Korea's first rocket start-up, Perigee Aerospace, which hopes to become a pioneer in the country's fledgling private space industry by developing a larger two-stage orbital launch vehicle called "Blue Whale" capable of putting a small satellite into low orbit through collaboration with a state research university. A sounding or research rocket carries
29 December 2021
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S. Korea demonstrates video information-based online pork carcass auction
SEOUL -- South Korea's agriculture ministry started the demonstration of online pork carcass auction to establish a stable non-face-to-face livestock product trade system that will not be affected by pandemic situations caused by a coronavirus or the African Swine Fever. The new auction system will be officially adopted in 2023 after a test run. An online auction is an ecommerce platform where products are sold to the bidder. A pork carcass is normally a half-section of pig con
29 December 2021
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S. Korea launches 10-year project to nurture microbiome industry by injecting $968.5 mln state fund
SEOUL -- The microbiome is the genetic material of all the microbes -- bacteria, fungi, protozoa and viruses -- that line on and inside the body of animals. Humans are colonized by many microorganisms. Some co-exist without harming humans and others have a mutualistic relationship with their human hosts. Non-pathogenic microorganisms can harm human hosts. In a project involving nine government agencies, the Ministry of Science and ICT said the government would provide full support
29 December 2021
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State-run nuclear fuel manufacturing company develops ultrasonic-based radioactive material removal technique
SEOUL -- Korea Electric Power Corporation Nuclear Fuel, a state-run nuclear fuel manufacturing company, developed a high-performance ultrasonic-based decontamination technique that can remove radioactive uranium from metallic radioactive waste. The technique is especially effective for removing radioactive materials from complex-shaped waste or for safely tearing down nuclear power plants. Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) Nuclear Fuel said in a statement on December 28 th
28 December 2021
