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Bilateral Exchange Program 2024 (Belgium, Brazil Czech, France, Taiwan Türkiye, Vietnam)​​​​​​​

National Research Foundation of Korea, upon the agreements with its international partners, announces the call for the “Bilateral Exchange Program 2024”.

Biteral Exchange Program(Switzerland)

The National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF), upon the agreements with the Swiss National Science Foundation(SNSF), announces the call for the “Bilateral Exchange Program 2023”.

Korea eyes W20tr boost for secondary battery sector through 2030

South Korea will invest 20 trillion won ($15 billion) in research and development of secondary batteries for electric vehicles through 2030 to secure global competitiveness

S. Korea to spend W560b to promote software sector this year

South Korea will invest over 560 billion won ($422.6 million) to foster software development companies and experts, with the goal of accelerating the country's push for digital innovation, the Science Ministry said.

S. Korea to invest 28 billion won by 2026 in fine chemicals tech development

South Korea will earmark 28 billion won (US$21.09 million) over the next four years to support corporate development of fine chemicals for the semiconductor, display and secondary battery fields

President Yoon Visits NASA Goddard Space Flight Center​​​​​​​

▲Pledges to strengthen Korea-U.S. space cooperation with U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris ▲MSIT and NASA sign joint statement on cooperation on space exploration and space science ▲Held a meeting with Korean-American NASA scientists

President Yoon, US VP Harris pledge to 'boost space alliance'

President Yoon Suk Yeol on April 25 visited NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center accompanied by U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris. The Ministry of Science and ICT and NASA on the same day signed a joint communique on cooperation in space exploration and science.

S. Korea, U.S. sign 23 MOUs on stronger ties in batteries, nuclear power, advanced industries​​​​​​​

South Korea and the United States have signed 23 initial agreements to boost bilateral cooperation on advanced industries and energy fields, such as batteries, robots and nuclear power generation

S. Korea, France discuss cooperation in agriculture field, food security

Korean minister proposed active information sharing and cooperation on smart farming, stressing that it is a crucial way to promote innovative growth of the industry, and better deal with climate changes and other challenges

Seanie Lee of KAIST Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, named the 2023 Apple Scholars in AI Machine Learning​

Seanie Lee, a Ph.D. candidate at the Kim Jaechul Graduate School of AI, has been selected as one of the Apple Scholars in AI/ML PhD fellowship program recipients for 2023. Lee, advised by Sung Ju Hwang and Juho Lee, is a rising star in AI.

Shinsegae's duty-free shop operator demonstrates AI chatbot service to take care of employee's inquiries

LG Innotek wins Edison Award for ultraslim TV technology

Korea, US agree to bolster ties on bioeconomy

The Korea Biotechnology Industry Organization said Wednesday it has signed an agreement with its US counterpart Biotechnology Innovation Organization to bolster ties in the bio-economy, ranging from supply chain management to research and development.

Korean battery makers bolster EV alliance in US to tackle IRA

South Korean battery and automakers are shelling out big funds to set up joint ventures for electric vehicle batteries in the US in response to the protectionist Inflation Reduction Act

Big firms' R&D spending rises 14% in 2022 despite lower earnings

Samsung SDI, GM to build $3 bln EV battery plant in US

Guide to the Korea-EU Digital Partnership

KERC launched new webpage and published a factsheet to increase awareness and understanding of Korea-EU Digital Partnership.