KHNP cooperates with Canada's Candu Energy to dismantle defunct nuclear power plants

SEOUL -- South Korea's state-run operator nuclear power plant operator will cooperate with Candu Energy, a subsidiary of Montreal-based SNC-Lavalin, to secure technologies for dismantling defunct nuclear power plants. Accumulated technologies will be used for the early dismantlement of South Korea's first pressurized heavy water reactor which went into operation in 1982. Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), the operator of 24 nuclear power plants in South Korea, has agre

November 22, 2022

Kumho Petrochemical ties up with France's Technip Energies to introduce polystyrene waste pyrolysis technology

SEOUL -- Kumho Petrochemical, a chemical company in South Korea, tied up with Technip Energies, a French engineering and technology company, to introduce polystyrene waste pyrolysis technology and build a factory for the commercial production of recycled polystyrene in 2026. Polystyrene is a synthetic polymer used for protective packaging, containers, lids, bottles, trays, tumblers, and disposable cutlery. Recycled polystyrene, known as recycled styrene monomer (RSM), can be reconve

November 22, 2022

LG Chem to build largest cathode material plant in U.S. to meet demands for EV batteries

SEOUL -- In a bid to meet growing global demands for cathodes, a key part of high-performance batteries used in electric vehicles, LG Chem, the chemical unit of South Korea's LG Group, will build a big cathode plant with an annual capacity of 120,000 tons in Tennessee with an injection of more than three billion dollars. It would be the biggest cathode plant in the United States. A cathode is an electrode used in batteries along with anodes to help the conduction of electrici

November 22, 2022

LIG Nex1 leads military project to develop jammer capable of neutralzing N. Korean drones

SEOUL -- LIG Nex1 was selected for a military project to develop a jammer capable of disturbing control signals of North Korean drones and getting them off course or into a crash in a "soft kill" manner when they fly into South Korean airspace across the heavily guarded inter-Korean border. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), an arms procurement agency controlled by the defense ministry, embarked on a project that costs about 24.4 billion won ($18 millio

November 22, 2022

​S. Korea to deploy more electric double-decker buses to help commuters in Seoul metropolitan area

SEOUL -- South Korea will accelerate the adoption of electric intercity double-decker buses to help commuters travel more conveniently from Seoul to surrounding cities, and back. The two-story buses can carry more passengers on a single trip because it has 70 passenger seats while conventional buses have about 40 seats. In 2019, about 1.3 million people commuted from Gimpo, a western satellite city of Seoul, and the western port city of Incheon to the capital city using public tran

November 22, 2022

​Seoul seeks to popularize traditional markets through one-day delivery service

SEOUL -- In an effort to popularize old marketplaces, Seoul City will establish digital-based logistics centers in three major traditional markets in the city to demonstrate various delivery services including instant and one-day delivery services. According to Seoul City, there were a total of 315 traditional marketplaces with some 55,000 stores as of 2020. The marketplaces thrived until the early 2000s and maintained their iconic role as the main source of groceries for Seoulites

November 21, 2022

NewJeans' debut song 'Attention' streamed more than 100 mln times on Spotify

SEOUL -- NewJeans, a super rookie girl group formed by a subsidiary label of the agency of K-pop superstar BTS, is gaining explosive popularity on Spotify, the world's most popular music streaming service, through its debut song, "Attention." The R&B song released on August 1 was streamed more than 100 million times. The debut song entered Billboard's global chart nine days after its release and the daily top song USA chart on Spotify less than 50 days after

November 21, 2022

LG Display develops 'invisible' thin and light speaker with film-type vibration generator

SEOUL -- LG Display, a major flat panel maker affiliated with South Korea's LG Group, has developed a thin and light speaker capable of implementing high-quality sound. When applied to cars, speakers can not be seen in the eyes of passengers, increasing the degree of freedom in interior design, and dramatically reducing the space occupied by conventional speakers to use boarding space more widely. LG Display said its "Thin Actuator Sound" solution would be commercial

November 21, 2022

Kia to verify vehicle-to-vehicle charging technology for electric vehicles

SEOUL -- Kia, affiliated with South Korea's Hyundai auto group, joined forces with domestic electric vehicle (EV) charging service provider TBU to verify vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) charging technology that enables a driver charge an EV's battery by connecting to another EV using a cable. The technique can be used for the development of mobile EV charging services. The EV charging platform startup company was approved by South Korea's industry ministry to launch a mobile

November 21, 2022

Cha Vaccine Institute partners with AI medical lab to start developing vaccine candidate materials

SEOUL -- Cha Vaccine Institute, a vaccine specialist affiliated with South Korea's Cha Biotech, partnered with the MOGAM Institute for Biomedical Research to use artificial intelligence technology to find and develop new drug candidate materials for various vaccines. AI is now used in various sectors to speed up research processes and reduce manpower costs. In the field of medicine and vaccines, the smart computing system will use its deep learning abilities to analyze, categ

November 21, 2022