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Sweden-Korea Green Transition Alliance

Published May 4, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Seoul

On 13 May, 13 Swedish companies are joining to launch the Sweden - Korea Green Transition Alliance, together with the Embassy of Sweden, Business Sweden and the Swedish Chamber of Commerce in Korea. the companies in the alliance will announce their...

Two Swedes racing to green steel while Korea is buying time: Why not collaborate

Published April 11, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Seoul

There are two different projects in Sweden competing to be first in producing fossil-free steel based on replacing carbon with hydrogen and all energy input being fossil-free. In Korea we see declarations in the same direction but few actions....

Korean Sandbox is a national pride

Published March 22, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Seoul

The Sandbox Project in South Korea is a matter of national pride, and for good reasons: 410 projects to drive digital development and regulatory reform have led to more than 1 billion EUR in investments and almost 2 900 jobs. At least as...

Roadmaps for fossil free competitiveness, a solution for Korea

Published March 2, 2021 by Office of Science and Innovation in Seoul

In a Nordic Talk Korea held on 25 February, President of Green Technology Center Korea (GTC), Dr. Byung-ki Cheong, conveyed that South Korea is looking at the work that is being done by Fossil Free Sweden. The GTC is looking to working with...

Sweden-Korea Nobel Memorial Program 2020

Published December 17, 2020 by Office of Science and Innovation in Seoul

2 710 people have been looking at the youTube presentations of the first Sweden-Korea Nobel Memorial Program that OSI-Seoul organised together with the embassy on 1 December. This is very encouraging and also not very surprising. South...

Hydrogen Safety, Economy and Sustainability in the Balance of Risk and Opportunity in South Korea

Published November 27, 2020 by Office of Science and Innovation in Seoul

We blogged about Korea H2 Economy one year ago and were quite impressed by the Korean strategy and arrived at the conclusion that: ”Korea has the means and the motivation to succeed but they are not without challenges” Today, one year...

Can We Flatten All Four Curves of the Corona Footprint?

Published October 28, 2020 by Office of Science and Innovation in Coronavirus

The embassies of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark in Seoul, are working together to produce Nordic Talks. On the evening of 23 October, we dealt with the Nordic experience of Covid-19 and Health Care, and more specifically how digital...