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Korea chose the first astronaut
Korea announced today that Ko San, a 30-year-old robot expert, will be the country's first astronaut to join the Soyuz spacecraft's flight to the International Space Sta…
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Space science
2008: A Korean astronaut will fly to the ISS Station
Future Korean astronauts have been allowed to practice at the Astronaut Training Center,
Space science
Korea: Coming to space
The Ministry of Science and Technology and the Korean Space Research Institute on December 25 selected the last two to send to Russia for training, preparing to fly to t…
Space science
Korea joined the ranks of satellite powers
At the end of last August, South Korea's fixed-phone telecommunications group, KT, launched the Koreasat-5 commercial-military satellite (Korean name Mugunghwa-5), bring…
Space science
Korea recruited the first astronaut
The Korean Ministry of Science and Technology is embarking on the first astronaut selection for the country with the intention of becoming the 35th country in the world…
History
June 11: USS Missouri's last battleship is put into operation, where the World War II ends
On this ship is also the site of the Japan Empire's unconditional surrender document, ending World War II.
Biology
Detecting a 'killer' ants can be deadly in Korea
According to a source from the Korean Ministry of Environment, the quarantine agency installed 150 traps in the affected area and will add 500 traps within a 5km radius…
Biology
Researchers demonstrate that MERS has a strong ability to spread
In the new study published in the July 8 issue of the journal The Lancet, scientists discovered a patient who caused the case.
Biology
Korea successfully created glowing dogs
Korean scientists recently claimed to have created a glowing dog thanks to a cloning technique, which could help find treatments for human diseases such as Alzheimer's a…
Biology
Enzyme detection prolongs post-traumatic pain
Scientists experimented on mice and found that brain enzymes caused pain after nerve damage.
Biology
Korea makes bio-plastics
Korean scientists have been studying a polymer used daily for plastics using biotechnology.
Biology
South Korea cloned pigs for organ transplantation
On April 22, Korean scientists announced that they cloned a pig to get transgenic transplanted organs for humans.
Biology
Korea successfully cloned asexual dog
Scientists in South Korea have just announced that they have succeeded in cloning the world's first cloned dogs. Yesterday (August 5), Korea officially announced the bir…
Biology
Korea: successful mirror wolf
On March 26, Korean scientists from Seoul National University announced the first successful replication of the world's first wolf. This is considered a big step forward…
Biology
Korea continues to successfully clone dogs
On December 17, Korean scientists at Seoul National University (SNU) announced that they had successfully cloned three more dogs.