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It has been pointed out that the methane emissions from the livestock waste treatment process were actually reported to be 2.5 times smaller than the previous calculation standards. It is expected that livestock waste will increase rapidly in the future, but an analysis report has been released that 'biogasification', which turns it into a resource, is only at the 10% level. It is urgent to come up with countermeasures as methane, one of the greenhouse gases, is expected to increase rapidly. According to the analysis of the entire livestock waste treatment process for the first time in Korea, the largest source of methane emissions was pigs (73%), and only 14% of pig waste was used for biogas in the public sector. It has been pointed out that it is urgent to come up with countermeasures as methane from livestock waste is increasing rapidly but 'resource conversion' is insufficient. [Photo = Climate Solution] About half of domestic methane...

KT and Microsoft (MS) are going beyond corporate partnerships to engage in hyper-collaboration to enhance Korea's artificial intelligence (A)I capabilities. The plan is to provide AI education to all citizens interested in AI and contribute to improving the level of "national AI literacy" (the ability to understand and utilize AI technology). KT CEO Kim Young-seop (left) and Microsoft CEO and Chairman of the Board Satya Nadella pose for a commemorative photo after meeting at KT's Gwanghwamun office on the 25th. [Photo = KT] First official meeting of the two companies' CEOs in Korea···Discussion of plans to promote AX in Korea On the 26th, KT announced that KT CEO Kim Young-seop and Microsoft CEO and Chairman of the Board Satya Nadella met and exchanged opinions on accelerating the industry's AX (AI transition). The explanation is that they discussed agenda items that will help strengthen the country's AI competitivenes...

The Korean launch vehicle Nuriho will be launched for the fourth time in November. Nuriho plans to build technological sophistication through its sixth launch in the future. [Photo = Korea Aerospace Research Institute] Large and small launch vehicle companies have joined forces to develop future space transportation technology. Perigee Aerospace (Perigee) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hanwha Aerospace on the 26th to establish a cooperative system between the two companies for the development of space transportation technology. Through this agreement, the two companies plan to share technological and sales capabilities to strengthen space launch vehicle development capabilities and continue strategic cooperation. The Hanwha Aerospace delegation, which visited the Perigee Rocket Development Complex (RDC) in Okcheon, Chungcheongbuk-do, signed the business agreement and toured the development status of the space launch vehicle 'Blue Whale 1 (...

Hyundai Motor Group will invest $21 billion in the United States over the next four years starting this year. Chairman Chung Eui-sun of Hyundai Motor Group announces investment in the United States at the White House on the 24th (local time). [Photo = Washington AP = Yonhap News] Hyundai Motor Group announced on the 24th (local time) that it will invest $21 billion (approximately 30.8175 trillion won) in major fields such as automobiles, parts, logistics, steel, and future industries in the United States from this year to 2028. Hyundai Motor Group will expand the production capacity of Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA), which is about to be completed, from 300,000 units to 500,000 units in the future, and is pushing forward with the construction of an electric furnace integrated steel mill in Louisiana. It plans to expand cooperation with American companies in future industries such as robotics and artificial intelligence (AI), and also invest in ene...

There is a report that TSMC, the world's largest foundry, is expected to have a 2nm process line capable of producing around 50,000 sheets per month by the end of this year. TSMC [Photo = TSMC] Taiwanese economic media Commercial Times reported on the 24th (local time) that TSMC's 2nm process production capacity could reach 50,000 sheets per month by the end of the year, and could increase to 80,000 sheets once the Baoshan and Kaohsiung factories are fully operational. TSMC's Baoshan factory is scheduled to receive its first order for the second half of this year from April 1, and its Kaohsiung factory in southern Taiwan is also reported to hold an expansion ceremony on the 31st. Kuo Ming-chi, an analyst at TF International, claimed via X (formerly Twitter) that "TSMC's 2nm trial production yield had already reached 60-70% three months ago, and is now well above that." TSMC has already secured an overwhelming share of th...

"We've been supplying to the US military for 10 years, but not yet to our military." This is what a Samsung Electronics official said at the 'Artificial Intelligence (AI) Strong Army and Warrior Platform Innovation Seminar and Exhibition' held in the lobby of the National Assembly Members' Hall on the 24th. Tactical Galaxy that is tracking location, etc. [Photo = Reporter Park Ji-eun] Samsung Electronics exhibited the tactical smartphones 'Galaxy S23 Tactical (TE) Edition' and 'XCover 6 Pro' models that are being supplied to the US military at an exhibition hosted by the office of People Power Party Representative Yoo Yong-won on this day. Both models support laser rangefinders, external GPS connections, tactical radios, and stealth mode that blocks wireless signals. They are also equipped with displays that allow touchscreens even when wearing military gloves. As they are military products, they also support 'night visi...

SK Telecom announced on the 24th that it will make a strategic investment in 'Together AI ( together.ai ),' a US artificial intelligence (AI) optimization startup, and strengthen development cooperation for building an AI platform. SK Telecom announced on the 24th that it will make a strategic investment in 'Together AI ( together.ai ),' a US artificial intelligence (AI) optimization startup, and strengthen development cooperation for building an AI platform. [Photo = SKT] Together AI is an AI cloud and open source specialized company that was founded in California, USA in 2022. Its future competitiveness has been recognized recently by successfully attracting a Series B investment of 305 million dollars (447 billion won). Together AI's main services include inference and fine tuning using AI open source, and construction of a low-cost GPU cluster based on cooperation with NVIDIA. Also, leading researchers famous for developing 'FlashAttention', ...

Postgraduate researcher Jiwoo Choi (first author) is using a pipette tool to transfer blood components into several wells (small containers) to culture them into macrophages [Photo = KRIST] A domestic research team has found a clue to a new anticancer technology that can complement the existing CAR-T anticancer drug. Dr. Jihoon Park's team at the Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (President Youngguk Lee) successfully produced CAR-M (Car-M, Car-Macrophage) by stably inserting anticancer genes into macrophages derived from human peripheral blood using lentivirus. It is expected to be applied to the treatment of solid cancers in addition to blood cancers. 'Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy' is a technology that extracts T cells, which are immune cells, from the body, genetically modifies them to attack specific cancer cells, and then injects them into the patient. It is very effective in treating some blood cancers such as leukemia, b...

Greenpeace issued a statement on the 21st, saying that this ruling would be a serious threat to the activities of civic groups, after a North Dakota court in the United States ruled that the international environmental group Greenpeace must pay approximately 660 million dollars (approximately 967.89 billion won) in damages. In 2016, Greenpeace protested against the construction of a pipeline in the Dakotas, and the jury found that Greenpeace had damaged the company's reputation during the process. This lawsuit stemmed from protests against the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) in 2016. At the time, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe launched a strong opposition movement, citing concerns about water contamination and infringement on their sovereignty. Tens of thousands of people, including approximately 300 Native American tribes in North America, joined in solidarity. Greenpeace also actively participated in this movement. As the conflict intensified, then-Pr...

Stars and galaxies captured by the Hubble Space Telescope. [Photo = ESA/Hubble & NASA, SJ Smartt, C. Kilpatrick] They are in the same constellation Virgo, but their distances are worlds apart. On the 20th (local time), NASA released a photo of a star and a galaxy together as its 'Image of the Day'. The photo is a combination of photos taken by two Hubble Space Telescope observation devices. Both the star and the galaxy are in Virgo. When you look at the combined photo, it looks as if the galaxy and the star are shining in the same place. NASA explained that the galaxy and the star appear to be close to each other and overlap, but they are actually incredibly(?) far away. The star with four long diffraction spikes on the left side of the photo is a star in our galaxy. It is only(?) 7,109 light years away from Earth. The galaxy seen with the star, 'NGC4900', is a spiral galaxy that is a whopping 45 million light years away from Earth. For refer...

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is drawing attention by signing a Samsung Electronics graphic memory. On the 20th (local time), CEO Jensen Huang visited the Samsung Electronics booth at NVIDIA's annual developer conference (GTC 2025) held in San Jose, California, USA and looked at Samsung's graphic DRAM. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is signing a graphic memory semiconductor at the Samsung Electronics booth at GTC 2025 held in San Jose, California, USA on the 20th (local time). [Photo = Yonhap News] He asked, "Is this GDDR7?" and when a Samsung Electronics official said, "Yes," he signed the product himself. GDDR7 is the graphic memory installed in NVIDIA's latest graphic card, the 'GeForce RTX 5090'. CEO Jensen Huang wrote 'Samsung', 'GDDR7 Rocks!', and 'RTX ON!' on his signature. However, it is reported that CEO Jensen Huang did not look at the high bandwidth memory (HBM) that was also exhibited at the Samsung ...

Naver's startup incubation and strategic investment organization, D2 Startup Factory (D2SF), announced on the 20th that it had made a follow-up investment in AI-based real-time markerless motion capture technology startup 'Moobin'. An official from AI-based real-time markerless motion capture technology startup Moobin is posing at their booth at 'GDC 2025', the world's largest game expo. [Photo = Naver] Naver D2SF explained that it discovered Moobin during the preliminary startup stage, made a seed investment in 2023, and made a follow-up investment after focusing on its product development performance and future growth potential. Moobin has developed a real-time markerless motion capture technology using a LiDAR (a laser that measures the distance and size between objects) sensor. By using a LiDAR sensor, spatial information such as distance and depth can be secured without distortion, allowing for more precise capture of 3D joints, bone structures,...

LG Electronics announced on the 20th that it will participate in 'AWE 2025' at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in China for four days starting on the 20th. LG Electronics has prepared AI home solutions for each space that will tailor-make suggestions for AI appliances, IoT technologies, etc. that take into account the diverse lifestyles of Asian customers at 'AWE 2025' held in Shanghai, China starting on the 20th. [Photo = LG Electronics] AWE is Asia's largest home appliance exhibition with approximately 1,000 participating companies and over 360,000 visitors, and is one of the top three global home appliance and electronics exhibitions along with CES and IFA in the United States. LG Electronics will present artificial intelligence (AI) home solutions in a 1,104㎡ exhibition hall under the theme of 'LG Electronics' Empathy Intelligence for Diverse Lifestyles' at this year's AWE. It will tailor-make suggestions for AI appliances,...

Aortic valve stenosis is a disease in which the aortic valve of the heart gradually calcifies due to aging and fails to function normally. In severe cases, it can lead to heart failure. Since there is no drug treatment available yet, the only treatment options are open chest surgery or TAVI, which involves inserting a stent to replace the aortic valve. Recently, a domestic research team announced the results of a study showing that 'spermidine', which is attracting attention as one of the anti-aging substances, can inhibit the progression of aortic valve stenosis. This is the first study result suggesting the possibility of treating aortic valve stenosis with drugs. Professor Lee Sa-min of the Department of Cardiology at Seoul Asan Medical Center is treating a patient with aortic valve stenosis [Photo = Seoul Asan Medical Center] Professor Lee Sa-min's team of the Department of Cardiology at Seoul Asan Medical Center analyzed the valve tissue of a patient wi...

Polyester amide is a next-generation material that has the advantages of both commonly used plastics, PET (polyester) and nylon (polyamide). Until now, it could only be produced through a petrochemical process, which could not avoid environmental pollution problems. A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) has succeeded in developing a new bio-based plastic using microorganisms to replace plastic. KAIST (President Kwang-hyung Lee) announced on the 20th that the research team led by Distinguished Professor Sang-yeop Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering developed a microbial strain using systems metabolic engineering and produced several new types of eco-friendly bioplastics, polyester amide. The KAIST research team has developed a strain of a bio-based nylon-like plastic. Professor Sang-yeop Lee of the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at KAIST, Dr. Dong-eon Chae, Dr. So-young Choi, and PhD ...

"North Korean hacker groups are targeting South Korea's defense, semiconductor, and automobile industries. They are after important intellectual property and technical information, and the government cannot be safe from various threats." Luke McNamara, deputy chief analyst at Google's Threat Intelligence Group, speaks during a media briefing for "Google Cloud Security Day" held at the Gangnam Finance Center in Seoul on the morning of the 19th. [Photo = Reporter Yoon So-jin] Luke McNamara, deputy chief analyst at Google's Threat Intelligence Group, warned of the North Korean hacker group's expansion of attacks on major South Korean industries and the possibility of threats to government agencies during a media briefing for "Google Cloud Security Day" held at the Gangnam Finance Center in Seoul on the 19th. The analysis is that attacks by state-sponsored hacking groups are becoming more covert and their attack methods utilizing genera...

Netmarble (CEO Kwon Young-sik and Kim Byung-kyu) announced on the 19th that its action game 'Solo Level Up: Arise' has surpassed 60 million cumulative users in just 10 months since its release. Solo Level Up: Arise, which was released globally on May 8th last year, has been receiving favorable reviews thanks to large-scale updates such as the recent 'Jeju Island United Raid: Finale' and new growth content. [Photo = Netmarble] Netmarble is holding a special login event to express its gratitude to Solo Level Up: Arise users. From the 19th to the 28th, you can receive 1,000 magic stones every day just by logging into the game, and if you log in every day, you can obtain up to 10,000 magic stones. The event will be held until May 8th, and even if you log in after March 28th, you can obtain up to 10,000 magic stones. Meanwhile, Solo Level Up: Arise is an action game that utilizes the IP of 'Solo Level Up', which recorded 14.3 billion cumulative global...

KG Mobility (KGM) announced on the 19th that the urban electric pickup truck 'Musso EV', which was released on the 5th, exceeded 3,200 cumulative contracts in just two weeks of the main contract. KGM electric pickup truck 'Musso EV'. [Photo = KG Mobility] According to KGM's analysis of 'Musso EV' contract customers, the model most frequently selected by customers was the Black Edge 2WD (two-wheel drive). The top trim, Black Edge, had the highest selection rate at 55%, and the entry trim, MX, also showed balanced demand with 45%. The selection rate of the AWD (four-wheel drive) model was about 40%, reflecting the demand of customers who consider powerful performance and driving performance in various road environments. By customer type, individual customers accounted for 45%, and small business owners and self-employed customers accounted for 55%. The company analyzed that it is receiving a favorable response from various customer groups th...

SK Hynix announced on the 19th that it has provided samples of its new HBM4 12-layer ultra-high-performance DRAM for artificial intelligence (AI) to major customers for the first time in the world. SK Hynix HBM4 12-layer sample [Photo = SK Hynix] The customers that were supplied with samples this time are presumed to be big tech companies in the US such as Nvidia and Broadcom. SK Hynix emphasized, "Based on the technological competitiveness and production experience that have led the HBM market, we will ship HBM4 12-layer samples earlier than originally planned and begin the certification process with customers," and "We will also complete mass production preparations within the second half of the year to solidify our position in the next-generation AI memory market." The HBM 12-layer product provided as a sample this time has the world's best speed that AI memory should have. This product is the first to implement a bandwidth capable of processi...

Oracle announced on the 19th that it has released the latest version of Java, Java 24, the world's No. 1 programming language and development platform. Oracle CI [Photo = Oracle] Java 24 (Oracle JDK 24) provides thousands of improvements to help developers maximize their productivity and drive innovation. Platform performance, stability, and security improvements help accelerate business growth for corporate organizations. Oracle revealed more details about the latest Java 24 release at JavaOne 2025, which will be held in Redwood Shores, California, USA from the 18th to the 20th (local time). George Saab, senior vice president of Oracle Java Platform Division and chairman of the OpenJDK board of directors, said, "For the past 30 years, Java has provided developers with a comprehensive platform to build and deploy applications covering a wide range of use cases. With more than 20 new features covering all elements of Java, including new AI and quantum-resistant ...

NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang, an artificial intelligence (AI) powerhouse, said, "We've sold more than 3.6 million 'Blackwell AI Accelerators' to the top four cloud companies in the U.S. this year alone," and "AI computing is already at a turning point." In a keynote speech at the GTC 2025 AI developer conference held in San Jose, California, USA on the 18th (local time), CEO Jensen Huang emphasized, "The world is currently at a platform transition," and "In the past, software coded by humans ran on general-purpose computers, but now machine learning software runs on AI accelerators and graphics processing units (GPUs)." NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is giving a keynote speech at the annual technology conference 'GTC 2025' held in San Jose, California, USA on the 18th (local time). [Photo = AFP Yonhap News] CEO Jensen Huang said, "This type of computing has passed a turning point, and that turning point is evident in th...

"Korea is seeing a more explosive adoption of AI than any other market. It's a very important region for us." Mike Krieger, Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Antropic, spoke about why he focused on the Korean market at 'AWS Unicorn Day 2025' held at COEX in Seoul on the morning of the 18th. 'AWS Unicorn Day 2025' is an event that highlights the innovative cases and growth strategies of domestic and foreign unicorn companies, and introduces AWS's latest technology trends and scale-up strategies to help startups make rapid leaps. Mike Krieger, Chief Product Officer (CPO) of Antropic, is giving a keynote speech at 'AWS Unicorn Day 2025' held at COEX in Seoul on the morning of the 18th. [Photo=Reporter Sojin Yoon] Antropic accelerates its conquest of Korea in partnership with AWS "We're witnessing rapid growth in the Korean market of our products, especially the adoption of APIs in Amazon Bedrock," said CPO Krieger in...

NVIDIA will be holding the world's largest artificial intelligence (AI) developer conference 'GTC 2025' in San Jose, California, USA from the 17th (local time) to the 21st. Samsung Electronics, SK Hynix, LG AI researchers, etc. will be participating in this GTC. NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is scheduled to give a keynote speech focusing on AI and accelerated computing technology during 'GTC 2025' on the 18th (local time). [Photo = NVIDIA] According to the industry on the 18th, this year's GTC is expected to discuss innovative technologies in various fields, such as physical artificial intelligence (AI), represented by robots and self-driving cars, and agentic AI, which performs complex tasks autonomously. On the 18th (local time), NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang is scheduled to give a keynote speech focusing on AI and accelerated computing technology at the SAP Center. In this keynote speech, Jensen Huang is expected to disclose information about the next...

Carbon Capture Utilization (CCU) technology that converts carbon dioxide into high value-added compounds has been developed. The National Research Foundation of Korea (Chairman Hong Won-hwa) announced on the 17th that Professor Lee Hyo-young's research team at Sungkyunkwan University successfully produced high-purity butanol from carbon dioxide using a new visible light catalyst. Research on capturing, utilizing, and storing carbon dioxide, which is a cause of global warming, is being conducted worldwide. Due to limitations in high value-added compound manufacturing technology, there are great difficulties in developing utilization technology. Production costs are also a burden. A domestic research team has developed a technology to produce butanol from carbon dioxide. [Photo = Sungkyunkwan University] In the production of high value-added compounds, the carbon chain determines the price. The longer this chain is, the higher the price. This is because as the numbe...