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Public-Private Partnership to Pursue National Strategic Technology Development Policy​​​​​​​

▲ Special Committee on National Strategic Technology held the 1^st meeting ▲ Four projects selected such as next-generation battery, lunar exploration, K-UAM, and 6G

S. Korea to earmark 31.5 bln won for nurturing talents in future car industry

South Korea will invest 31.5 billion won (US$24.06 million) this year in nurturing nearly 4,000 talents in the future car industry as part of efforts to secure advanced technologies in the field and find a new growth engine

S. Korea to launch its space rocket Nuri from mid-May to late-June​​​​​​​

South Korea plans to launch its homegrown space rocket Nuri between mid-May and late-June in its third mission following the second successful launch last year.

Korean chips act aims to extend tax cuts for local chipmakers

Korea passes bill to ease financial burden for local chipmakers competing in global chip arms race

Public-private partnerships to bring Expo to Busan

The 2030 Busan Expo has been set as an important task at a national level, with government ministries joining forces to achieve the goal

KCCI's online platform offers solutions to global issues

The online site enables visitors to find solutions to pending global issues such as the environment and human rights.

KAIST research team develops a cheap and safe redox flow battery​

Redox flow batteries can be utilized as new and renewable energy as well as for energy storage systems (ESS) thanks to their low cost, low flammability, and long lifetime of over 20 years.

A biohybrid system to extract 20 times more bioplastic from CO2 developed by KAIST researchers​

KAIST joint research team succeeded in developing a technology that produces bioplastics from CO2 with high efficiency by developing a hybrid system that interlinked the electrochemical CO2 conversion and microbial bio conversion methods together.

Ho-Am Foundation picks prize winners

This year’s prizes went to Ihm Ji-soon, a distinguished professor at Pohang University of Science and Technology, for physics and mathematics; Choi Kyoung-shin, a professor at University of Wisconsin-Madison, for chemistry and life sciences; Sun Yang-kook, chair professor at Hanyang University, in engineering; Marcia Haigis, a professor at Harvard Medical School, for medicine...

Posco boasts supremacy in quake-resistant solutions

South Korea's largest steelmaker Posco said Thursday it aims to make a world free from the destructive effects of earthquakes, with its world-class earthquake-resistant construction materials.

Six out of 10 foreign firms willing to invest more in Korea: KCCI​​​​​​​

Survey shows 53.8 percent of overseas businesses have set plans to increase investments in Korea. 

Minister of Science and ICT Meets with Innospace CEO

▲ Celebrating the success of Korea's first hybrid test launch vehicle, Hanbit-TLV ▲ Hearing Innospace's launch vehicle industry strategy for the future ▲ Discussing the government's support for the growth of the space launch vehicle industry

Transfer centers with urban air mobility infrastructure to be established in S. Korea

MSIT Announces 2022 Survey Result on Digital Divide

The digitalization level of vulnerable groups compared to general population increases, with the percentage of smartphone overdependence risk groups decreasing

South Korea to accelerate development of new materials in bid to reduce dependency on foreign products​​​​​​​

The government has designated 100 prioritized future materials that should be focused on.