Basic Science Korea Published January 24, 2020 by Anders Hektor in Seoul Aside from programs in Korea that is funding and conducting basic science research, The Institute for Basic Science, or IBS, is an ambitious government undertaking with 30 well-founded research centers, and the construction of a linear accelerator,...
Korea H2 Economy Published November 28, 2019 by Anders Hektor in Seoul From a foreign S&T perspective it is easy to see great opportunities for hydrogen in South Korea: A large and dense population in a few mega-cities in a country with seasonal air-quality challenges, a world-class automotive industry and a...
Sandbox in Korea Published November 11, 2019 by Anders Hektor in Seoul A status on Sandboxing in Korea was presented at the Global Innovative Growth forum, GIGF 2019. The organizers, Ministry of Economy and Finance and the World Bank, had invited Jungwook Kim of Korea Development Institute to give a review of the...
4th IR Korea Published October 25, 2019 by Anders Hektor in Seoul The Presidential Committee for the 4th Industrial Revolution (PCFIR) is an interesting Korean entity. 25 members consisting of five ministers and representatives of industry, research and organizations, under the leadership of Chairman Byung Gyu...
Cooperation for sustainable smart city Published October 9, 2019 by Anders Hektor in Seoul “In Sweden, ‘Smart City’ means ‘Sustainable City’. There is only one way to fast track the journey toward a sustainable future and that is through collaboration.” With that opening remark, the Swedish ambassador to Korea, Jakob...
KIST, a model South Korean Research Institute Published September 9, 2019 by Anders Hektor in Seoul Started in 1966 Korea Institute for Science and Technology, KIST, is the oldest government research institute in Korea, an internationally renowned public research institute and a model for many korean institutes that have followed since. Today it...
SKKU-based, Professor Sangdo Noh, PhD candidates Chanmo Jun, Park Kyutae, Jinho Yang. Dexta CEO Hyungsun Kim. OSI-office, Counsellor Anders Hektor, Adviser Seyeong Yoon C-PALS, a EUREKA SMART project involving Sungkyunkwan university and KTH Published August 26, 2019 by Anders Hektor in Seoul Professor Sangdo Noh spent a year as a guest researcher at the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH). When the Seoul Office of Science & Innovation meet him at his home department, the department of Industrial Engineering/Systems Management...
