Sustainable Technology
Using Less Rare Earth and Reusing It… ‘K-Moonshot Rare Earth’ Industry-Academia-Research Council Launched
A national technology development framework has gone into motion to reduce reliance on China for rare earth permanent magnets, the core components in motors for cutting-edge industries such as…
Public-Private Council to Launch for Commercializing Multipurpose SMRs
The Ministry of Science and ICT has put its heads together with demand and supply companies to accelerate the commercialization of small modular reactors (SMRs). The government and industry…
MSIT Deepens International Cooperation with Fusion Frontrunners…Setting Sights on Power Demonstration in the 2030s
Koo Hyuk-chae, First Vice Minister of the Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon), attended the Global Fusion Policy Summit…
Special Act and Enforcement Decree on Small Modular Reactors Take Effect Today… SMR Development and Commercialization Move into Full Swing
The institutional foundation to support the development and commercialization of small modular reactors (SMRs) is now complete. The Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of…
Preliminary Feasibility Study Clears Land Observation Satellites 3 and 4… No. 3 to Launch in 2030
The land observation satellite No. 3 and No. 4 development project pushed by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport passed a preliminary feasibility study on August 26. With…
Choi Su-seok of POSTECH Named September Winner of the Korea Science and Technology Award
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon) and the National Research Foundation of Korea (President Hong Won-hwa) announced on…
Science Ministry Re-Inspects 87 Areas With Poor Telecom Quality… 79 Improved
The Ministry of Science and ICT and the National Information Society Agency (NIA) re-inspected 87 sites nationwide that had been rated substandard in last year's telecommunications service quality evaluation,…
WIA CODE Launches a New World Connected by Knowledge… Heart- and Star-Shaped QR Code Challenge
WIA CODE, a new two-dimensional code developed by South Korean developer Dr. Yeon Sam-heum, has officially been unveiled. Unlike conventional square QR codes, WIA CODE is designed to connect digital…
Science Ministry Ramps Up International Cooperation on Marine Nuclear Power…Attends Launch of IAEA’s ‘ATLAS’
The Ministry of Science and ICT (Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Science and ICT Bae Kyung-hoon) announced that First Vice Minister Koo Hyuck-chae attended, as the Republic of…
Government Launches ‘7 SEED’ Projects for Future Growth Engines… Bold Investment in Advanced Technologies
The government is launching the '7 SEED Projects' to nurture seven future advanced-technology fields — including small modular reactors (SMR), nuclear fusion, quantum, space and aviation, and advanced biotechnology…
