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President Seo Joo-won of Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SLC) joins a campaign to reduce plastic consumption in daily lives on Jan. 11. (Photos: SLC)Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corp. (SLC) has developed a technology to increase the compressive strength of bio sulfur concretes using wa…
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The 6th-term Energy Committee, inaugurated by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, holds the 22nd meeting on major energy policies for the year 2021 on Feb. 22. (Photo: MOTIE)A deadly winter storm that caused massive blackouts in Texas serves as a reminder that extreme events could easily ove…
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Kim Yoon-tae, a doctor with Nexon Children’s Rehabilitation Hospital receives a vaccine shot against COVID-19 at Seoul Mapo Health Center on Feb. 26 as President Moon Jae-in and Commissioner Jeong Eun-kyeong of Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency look on. (Photos on the courtesy of Cheong W…
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Minister Sung Yun-mo of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) (Photos: MOTIE)The government is pulling out all the stops to raise exports by 8.6 percent this year over the previous year, which would make Korea a top-four export power. Korea aims to leverage its expertise in the hydrogen…
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Minister Kwon Chil-seung of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS) holds a meeting with SME businessmen, including Chairman Kim Ki-moon of Korea Federation of SMEs (KBIZ), at the KBIZ headquarters in Yeouido, Seoul, on Feb. 17. (Photo: MSS)Minister Kwon Chil-seung of the Ministry of SMEs and Startu…
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Minister Hwang Hee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST). (Photos: MCST)Minister Hwang Hee of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (MCST) held a meeting with representatives from the travel industry at the Seoul Center of the Korea Tourism Organization on Feb. 16 and discussed…
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Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo announces “E.A.S.T Plan” on the green economy on the East Coast at a press briefing at Gyeongsangbuk-do Dongbu Building on March 3. (Photos: Gyeongsangbuk-do provincial govt.)Gyeongsangbuk-do Gov. Lee Cheol-woo has set the province’s new task at “a great shift…
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Minister Park Jong-ho of Korea Forest Service (KFS) announces a plan to plant 3 billion trees in Korea and abroad with the goal of reducing 34 million tons of carbon during the 76th Arbor Day. (Photos: KFS)Korea Forest Service (KFS) is working on a long-term project to plant 3 billion trees in Korea…
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Dignitaries, including Minister Kwon Chil-seung of the Ministry of SMEs and Startups, Incheon Mayor Park Nam-choon, Commissioner Lee Won-jae of the Incheon Free Economic Zone Authority, and Chairman Cho Yong-byoung of Shinhan Financial Group participate in a ceremony to open Incheon Startup Park on …
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Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun and members of the Saemangeum Committee including Jeollabuk-do Gov. Song Ha-jin, discuss pending issues at the 2t5th committee meeting at Jeollabuk-do provincial government building on Feb. 24. (Photo: Prime Minister's Secretariat) Administrator Yang Chung-mo of the Sae…
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President Hwang Hyun-sik of LG Uplus. (Photos: LG Uplus)LG Uplus announced on Oct. 3 that it is implementing a smartphone drone delivery service for the first time as a carrier. The service is aimed at customers living in island areas where fast…
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SK Telecom displays “Quantum AI Camera” at its pavilion during 2023 Korean Government Expo that took place at the Busan Exhibition and Convention Center, BEXCO from Nov. 23 to Nov. 25. (Photo: SK Telecom)SK Telecom introduced diverse technologies a…
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Officials with SK Telecom repair the 400Gbps wired network at 5G backbone. (Photos: SK Telecom)SK Telecom said on Oct. 10 the telecom service provider commercialized and introduced 400Gbps wired networks. The conventional wired networks transmit…
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An image of the 2023 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2023) that took place in Glasgow, UK, from Oct. 1 to Oct. 5. (Photo: KT)KT displayed the latest optical communications technologies, such as optical internet parts, terminals an…
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