• Self-made rocket due 2018

    Following the success of Naro, or the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) Korea will speed up its efforts to join the league of global space power by bringing forward its plan to launch a rocket entirely built using local technology. At a press conference Wednesday, Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)…

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  • Korean Air, Hanwha contribute to Naro launch

    The successful launch of the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1), popularly known as Naro here, would have been impossible without the support from scores of corporate giants and laboratories here. Nearly 150 companies and 45 universities and research centers spent nearly a decade developing core technologies for the rocket, precisely…

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  • 2 Koreas locked in rocket race

    South Korea’s successful delivery of a satellite into orbit, Wednesday, carried by the Korea Space Launch Vehicle-1 (KSLV-1) attracted additional attention because it came so soon after a similar attempt by North Korea. Officials from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute said the Science and Technology Satellite-2C began transmitting beacon signals…

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  • East Asia

    The exhilarating 30 minutes

    Korea takes first confident step in space exploration GOHEUNG, South Jeolla Province ㅡ At long last, Korea’s ten years of work to launch a locally assembled rocket into space paid off Wednesday. The nation took the first legitimate step in the global space race. The emotional toll on everyone ㅡ…

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  • East Asia

    Naro launch is blazing success!

    Satellite payload in orbit GOHEUNG, South Jeolla Province ― South Korea was third time lucky in its aspirations to join the Asian space race Wednesday after successfully launching a two-stage rocket from its Naro Space Center on the country’s southwestern coast. Korea is the 11th country joining an elite group…

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  • West Asia

    Iran Succeeds In Sending Monkey Into Space Prior To Its Manned Space Flight

    In this undated image taken from AP Television, scientists in Iran surround a monkey ahead of a space launch. Iran said it had successfully sent the monkey into space on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013, describing the launch as another step toward Tehran’s goal of a manned space flight. According to…

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  • East Asia

    Samsung posts record profit of W8.84 tril.

    Samsung Electronics said Friday that its operating profit nearly doubled to a record high of 8.84 trillion won ($8.3 billion) for the fourth quarter of last year from a year earlier on the back of brisk smartphone sales. Its net profit jumped 75.6 percent to 7.04 trillion won during the…

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  • Apple pressured to provide iOS 6 source code

    Samsung Electronics claimed Friday it should be able to access Apple’s software source code to confirm whether or not its technology patents were infringed upon in the latest i0S 6 operating system powering iPhones and iPads. Apple has denied the request of its Korean rival, calling it ridiculous. Both Motorola…

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  • KT, LG to offer ‘unlimited’ LTE service

    KT and LG Uplus announced Friday that they will offer “unlimited” data services for customers signing up for new pricing packages supporting speedier telecommunication networks called Long-Term Evolution (LTE). The move was designed to attract more customers as top local carrier SK Telecom will be banned from signing new customers…

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  • East Asia

    LSIS beats Hyosung to HVDC deal

    Electrical component maker LSIS said Wednesday it has acquired advanced technology for an electric power transmission system at the expense of rival Hyosung. Both firms tendered bids to a joint venture between the state-run Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) and French energy company Alstom called KEPCO-Alstom Power Electronics Systems (KAPES)…

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