KERC Newsletter / 2022.12.21.
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R&I News
S. Korea on Wednesday(21 Dec) unveiled an economic development blueprint covering 15 projects ranging from space exploration to self-driving technology, in line with efforts to foster new growth engines.
S. Korea's ICT minister on Friday(16 Dec) met with the chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to discuss ways to enhance bilateral technology cooperation in the nuclear science sector
KARI announced that the first Lunar Orbit Insertion (LOI) maneuver was conducted successfully on December 17 at around 02:45.
Space committee adapts W1.4tr plan to develop small satellite system
S. Korea is highly expected to join a strategic chip alliance proposed by the U.S., as the trade minister stressed the country “cannot miss out” in the semiconductor industry, a key pillar of the Korean economy.
Korea has the world's fastest 5G download speed among 128 countries surveyed for the second consecutive year.
The South Korean bioindustry's output surged more than 20 percent in 2021 from a year earlier on the back of brisk exports amid the coronavirus pandemic
An interministry consultative body to deal with microplastic problems will be launched Wednesday, the Ministry of Environment said Tuesday(20 Dec).
Various vessel-related equipment makers will cooperate with research institutes to test their products through the autonomous passenger ship created as a testbed for essential devices.
In an effort to reduce the effect of global warming and look for greener ways to create semiconductors, South Korea's prominent state research institute has opened a joint research platform with Foosung, a domestic fluoro chemical gas maker.
A state agricultural technology development agency has localized plastic cover films for greenhouses in an effort to reduce South Korea's dependency on foreign raw materials, especially from Japan.
To reduce dependency on foreign 5G antenna equipment, South Korea's state radio research agency has transferred 5G dual polarization antenna technology to a domestic antenna maker Comotech.
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S. Korea will give top priority to supporting R&D in mapping out its science and tech policies over the next five years.
In a bid to strengthen the nation's food technology industry, the government unveiled its plan on Wednesday to incubate 30 unicorn startups and aim to quadruple food-tech related exports by 2027.
It will foster joint work on semiconductors, next generation mobile networks, quantum and High-Performance Computing, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, platforms, data and skills.
