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S. Korea, OECD launch joint research programs on financial issues

South Korea and the OECD have launched a multiyear joint research project on budgeting and other financial issues in the face of low birth rate and rapid aging as common global challenges

S. Korea, Lithuania to seek closer cooperation in trade, investment

On the sidelines of the event, the Korea Institute for Advancement of Technology and Lithuania's Innovation Agency signed a memorandum of understanding to explore ways for cooperation.

Sustainable synergy: strengthening Korean-German energy partnership

With this vision, the Korean-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry will co-organize the sixth Korean-German Energy Day conference in Berlin, March 21

Korea Aerospace Administration is Hiring!

The Ministry of Science and ICT has announced the commencement of a comprehensive recruitment campaign for the Korea Aerospace Administration (KASA)

Patent Index 2023: Korea a driver of innovation in Europe

Patent applications originating from the Republic of Korea at the European Patent Office (EPO) grew by 21% last year, according to the EPO’s Patent Index 2023 published today.

S. Korea's artificial sun project KSTAR achieves longest operation time of 102 seconds

Researchers have achieved the longest-ever operation duration of South Korea's artificial sun project called "Korean Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR)."

KIMM takes 1st step in domestically producing high-power electron-beam welding system

The joint research team has succeeded in securing the technology for the domestic production of a 120kV (60kW) high-power electron-beam welding system, as well as a highly reliable process technology for manufacturing this system.

A KAIST-SNUH Team Devises a Way to Make Mathematical Predictions to find Metabolites Related to Somatic Mutations in Cancers​

[POSTECH] Bendable Energy Storage Materials by Cool Science​​​​​​​

Imaging being able to wear your smartphone on your wrist, not as a watch, but literally as a flexible band that surrounds around your arm. How about clothes that charge your gadgets just by wearing them?

[UNIST] Breakthrough in Efficiency for Narrow-Bandgap Perovskite Solar Cells

Their findings have been published in the online version of Advanced Energy Materials on February 20, 2024.

(Yonhap Interview) DGIST president vows to grow DGIST as world-leading research univ.​​​​​​​

DGIST is one of the seven South Korean universities that have a Samsung Electronics-dedicated semiconductor department in the country.

Voices Growing for Subsidies for Korean Chipmakers in Global Semiconductor War

There are growing voices that Korea will lose the global semiconductor war if it does not subsidize Korean companies such as Samsung Electronics and SK hynix, citing trade friction concerns and support for large companies.

SK bioscience and IVI Announce 2024 Park MahnHoon Award Winners​​​​​​​

SK bioscience announced today Prof. Jan Holmgren of Sweden, and Profs. Barney Graham and Jason McLellan of the United States as the winners of the 2024 International Vaccine Institute-SK Bioscience Park MahnHoon Award.

Rebellions seeks to become first Korean startup to mass-produce AI chips for language models

Partnered with Samsung and KT, startup aims to become 'Korea’s Nvidia' in inference chips

LG joins global accord to prevent deceptive AI content from interfering with elections

The tech accord designed to battle deceptive AI content was established at the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in February 2024

South Korean association to Horizon Europe “imminent”

South Korea is set to strike a deal with Brussels to join Horizon Europe, the EU’s €95.5 billion research and innovation scheme

Gov't to increase annual space budget to $1.14 bil. by 2027

Nation forms triangular space industry cluster, targets top 5 global space power status by 2045

The 1st EU-South Korea Joint Researchers Forum on Semiconductors

As part of efforts to strengthen ties, both parties will convene the inaugural South Korea-EU Semiconductor Researchers Forum in Brussels on March 25-26, 2024.