KERC Newsletter / 2024.01.10.
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R&I News
Policy & Stats
The parliamentary science committee passed a set of bills Monday aimed at establishing an independent space and aerospace agency to lead the country's burgeoning program, such as exploration projects to the moon and Mars.
MSIT finalizes its Comprehensive Implementation Plan for Research and Development Projects in 2024
Launched the Basic Research Project 2024 worth KRW 2.1179 trillion (up KRW 67.8 billion from 2023)
but the ministry aims to expand spending on new technologies
President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed Friday to increase the government budget for scientific and technological research and development (R&D), saying he will fully support innovative R&D regardless of its cost.
"We should respond proactively against trade measures from the European Union, China and the United States..."
A record 443 domestic companies and 32 organizations will participate in the pavilion at CES 2024
Research Trends
MSIT to Implement 99 Projects Across 78 Local Governments
The development of a new conductive polymer material that achieved both high electrical performance and elasticity while introducing the world’s highest-performing stretchable organic solar cell.
Industry R&D
With this new development, the state-run company has now prepared its technical foundations to expand its presence into the global health supplement market together with existing R&D centers in Shanghai and Los Angeles.
The 6G technologies encompass artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous driving vehicles, robots and extended reality (XR).
South Korean game developer and publisher Nexon is steering the future of the gaming industry with Intelligence Labs, an in-house AI research and development team designated to exploring the optimal gaming experience for users.
South Korea's top makers of chips and cars, Samsung Electronics and Hyundai Motor Group, are joining hands for heightened connectivity by integrating their smart home and connective car solutions
It also aims to expand its presence in the European eco-friendly mobility market through the construction of a traction motor core factory in Poland
In case you missed it
▲MSIT budget for 2024 confirmed at aKRW 18.6 trillion ▲Government R&D budget at 26.5 trillion won, focus on the enhanced support for emerging researchers and more
