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Blockchain technology support center to open in southern port city
SEOUL -- A blockchain technology support center will open in the southern port city of Busan to efficiently assist blockchain companies. The center will provide various services including consulting, legal and marketing-related advice, and educational programs. Companies can demonstrate various blockchain-based platforms inside the center size of about two football fields. Blockchain is basically a virtual ledger network system that is de facto unhackable. When a change is made to
December 7, 2022 -
LG Innotek unveils plastic-glass hybrid lenses for autonomous driving camera modules
SEOUL -- LG Innotek, the electrical component wing of South Korea's LG Group, unveiled two types of high-performance hybrid lenses for autonomous driving that reduced size and increased price competitiveness by cross-applying thin plastic and glass to improve performance. The company anticipates a great impact on cameral module markets. LG Innotek said that hybrid lenses for a driver monitoring system (DMS) and an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) are 20 to 30 percent thi
December 7, 2022 -
S. Korea to invest $140mln to accelerate development for affordable carbon composite materials
SEOUL -- In a bid to nurture technological capabilities in manufacturing carbon-based materials and products at affordable prices, South Korea will invest 185 billion won ($140 million) by 2030 to accelerate the technological development of carbon composite materials. A carbon composite is basically carbon and carbon fibers mixed with various polymers to be made into hard blocks and other shapes. The carbon-based material has more than 10 times higher strength compared to steel of
December 6, 2022 -
University research team develops highly stable long-life secondary battery materials for EVs and ESSs
SEOUL -- A university research team has developed highly stable and high-capacity secondary battery materials that are ideal for high-performance devices such as electric vehicles and energy storage systems. Instead of lithium, the research team used zinc-aluminum alloy and a hybrid aluminum-ion solution for electrolytes. Normally, high-performance batteries are mainly made of lithium and a liquid electrolyte. Because lithium is an expensive and volatile metal, all lithium-ion batt
December 6, 2022 -
SK Group chairman Chey secures legal approval to divorce wife
SEOUL -- Chey Tae-won, a business tycoon who controls South Korea's third-largest conglomerate SK Group, secured legal approval to divorce his wife, seven years after the 62-year-old revealed his extramarital love affair and the existence of a child out of wedlock. The ostensible reason for the breakdown of their 34-year-old relationship was differences in personality. A family court accepted their divorce on December 6, ruling that Chey should pay a symbolic amount of 100 mil
December 6, 2022 -
Air Liquide-Lotte joint venture aims to complete high pressure hydrogen filling center in 2024
SEOUL -- Through their newly established joint venture, Air Liquide, a French supplier of industrial gases and services, and Lotte Chemical, a major chemical company based in South Korea, will build a high-pressure hydrogen filling center capable of handling about 5,500 tons per year. It would have South Korea's largest production capacity, enough to fuel 4,200 passenger vehicles or 600 commercial buses for a day. The filling center to be built on a site within Lotte Chemical
December 6, 2022 -
Samsung teams up with Naver to develop semiconductor solutions for hyperscale AI models
SEOUL -- Samsung Electronics teamed up with South Korea's top web portal operator and IT company Naver to develop semiconductor solutions tailored for hyperscale artificial intelligence models. They will combine semiconductor design and manufacturing prowess with proven AI capabilities to maximize the speed and power efficiency of large-scale AI models. Advances in hyperscale AI have led to an exponential growth in data volumes that need to be processed, but the performance and
December 6, 2022 -
Researchers develop elastic semiconductor technology for stretchable displays
SEOUL -- South Korean researchers developed core technology for inorganic elastic semiconductors with high-density integration that could become a key part of next-generation stretchable displays. The semiconductor device controls voltage to manage display pixels. Ordinary semiconductors are circuit boards integrated into a hard silicon chip. Materials such as silicon and metal are favored by chipmakers because of their stability and electrical performance. Elastic chips were resea
December 6, 2022 -
Korean Air ties up with L3Harris for military program to purchase new AEW&C systems
SEOUL -- South Korea's top flag carrier Korean Air tied up with L3Harris Technologies, an American technology company and defense contractor, to participate in a military program to purchase new high-altitute planes for aerial early warning, command and control. L3 Harris promised to reduce price and maintenance costs dramatically and transfer system integration technologies. An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system detects aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles, an
December 6, 2022 -
CJ Cheiljedang partners with US biotechnology company Emmyon to develop anti-muscle loss material
SEOUL -- Targeting old people at high risk of muscle loss, CJ Cheiljedang, a key subsidiary of South Korea's food and entertainment conglomerate CJ Group, will develop materials capable of preventing sarcopenia using ursolic acid, a chemical compound that is found in the peels of fruits, as well as in herbs and spices like rosemary and thyme and can serve as a starting material for the synthesis of more potent bioactive derivatives. There have been studies that ursolic acid is u
December 6, 2022
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India, U.S. join hands for battery mineral supply chain cooperation
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Peruvian singer lights up autumnal night with fusion concert in Seoul
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Korea Zinc begins share buyback amid control battle
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Former Singapore minister jailed for corruption
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Avian influenza outbreak kills 48 big cats in Vietnamese zoos
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Junior doctors go on strike in India following rape, murder case
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Dried seaweed price soars at fastest rate in 37 years
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Chinese envoy calls for de-escalation amid tension between Lebanon and Israel
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China launches campaign to combat online misinformation
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Qatar condemns Middle East crisis as 'collective genocide'