KERC Newsletter / 2023.12.06.
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R&I News
International Cooperation
President Yoon Suk Yeol will use his upcoming state visit to the Netherlands to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation in the semiconductor industry, his office said Friday.
A steppingstone for Korea to lead digital governance discussions at OECD
20 representatives across five leading universities of Sweden, Daniel Wolvén, the Swedish Ambassador to Korea, and about 30 POSTECH representatives attended the event.
Policy & Stats
The country's global ranking in digital technology competitiveness this year has jumped two spots from last year to a record high
A domestically developed solid-fuel space rocket carrying a commercial satellite was launched on Dec. 4 off the southern coast of Jeju Island
The country's first military reconnaissance satellite has made its first communication with a ground station since its launch on Dec. 1 at Vandenberg Space Force Base in Santa Barbara County, California
Improving the living environment and providing support for commercialization of R&D outcomes
5G backhaul-based public WiFi, implemented with domestically produced equipment, is installed for all 29,100 intra-city buses nationwide
Research Trends
Applicable in cutting-edge optics, such as in high-capacity optical communication and quantum information communication (published in Nature Photonics)
An international joint research team consisting of eight institutions confirmed the intensity of heavy rain caused by the weather fronts in East Asia using observation data for the past 60 years and found that the coast of southeastern China.
This prestigious recognition is reserved for the top 0.1 % of members within the world’s foremost society dedicated to electrical and electronic engineering
Technology
The Seoul Metropolitan Government on Dec. 3 announced the launch of regular service of the autonomous Shimya (Late Night) A21 that day from 11:30 p.m.
South Korea's public railway operator will commercialize a smart robot that monitors railway facilities automatically in the first half of 2024
To help young students improve their English speaking skills, Seoul will provide robots that can engage in one-on-one conversations in English
Industry R&D
In case you missed it
Ten winners were selected for the Glocal University 30 project, a government project that will give universities outside the greater Seoul region multibillion-won funding to attract more students amid a population decline.
Under the plan, the government aims to spend at least 5.4 trillion won (US$4.1 billion) in research and development projects with foreign partners over the next three years, according to the Ministry of Science and ICT.
