KERC Newsletter / 2023.08.16.

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R&I News

What's new in Korea?

 

Policy & Stats

MSIT to promote Intelligent Home (AI@Home) initiative in full-scale​​​​​​​

The MSIT announced the "Plan for Establishment and Promotion of Intelligent Homes (AI@Home)"

S. Korea unveils 5-year plan to attract 300,000 foreign students

Wider career opportunities, altered work visas, faster citizenship process to be provided under ‘Study Korea 300K Project’

KCL opened its branch office in KIST Europe

On July 17th 2023, Korea Confirmity Laboratories (KCL), Korea's largest testing and certification institute hosted an branch opening ceremony

 
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Research Trends

Doubts deepen over LK-99 superconductor​​​​​​​

Skepticism among scientists has been deepening in the past few days over a Korean research team’s discovery of the room-temperature superconductor known as LK-99, after a slew of replication efforts have fallen short.

Advancing Metasurface Manufacturing with Water-Soluble Mold

A collaborative research team from POSTECH and Korea University fabricates high-resolution, high-aspect ratio metalenses using a water-soluble mold

Replicating the Internal Environment of a Lung Cancer Patient’s Body

A team of researchers at POSTECH and Gradiant Bioconvergence develops vascularized lung cancer organoid models with underlying diseases

 
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Technology

AI care robots look after elderly living alone in rural region​​​​​​​

The companion robots called "Sunshine" can help residents become emotionally stable by asking them how they are faring while monitoring their conditions. 

 
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Industry R&D

SK hynix unveils world’s first 321-layer NAND

With mass production set to start in 2025, Korean chip giant vows to solidify NAND leadership

KT embarks on defense project to upgrade military broadband communication network

KT has started a defense project to upgrade a military communication network that will connect more than 2,000 units with an integrated management system. 

AI developer Upstage launches alliance to establish world's top Korean-based LLM

Upstage has launched an alliance of companies and organizations in the private and public sectors including media companies, academics, and corporates in a bid to establish an ecosystem for large language models

 
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In Case you missed it

[Weekly R&I News] What’s new in Korea? 2023 Aug W2​​​​​​​

 
 
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