Science museum takes live experiments to the crowd in new busking program
The National Science Museum will run a traveling, audience-driven science show every Friday and Sunday from October.
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Articles from October 2026
16 articles published in October 2026
Korea urges AIIB to act as development partner, not just lender
The finance ministry's delegation to the AIIB annual meeting in Doha called for complementary roles among the bank, borrowing members and donor countries.
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Korea moves to widen budget phone market with equipment rules
The science ministry shared follow-up plans with budget mobile carriers, including eased entry rules for operators with their own network equipment and wider radio spectrum fee cuts.
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Science ministry hosts 12th Global ICT Leadership Forum with nine countries
South Korea convened senior government delegations from nine countries in Seoul to build practical partnerships on artificial intelligence and digital cooperation.
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Korea to add 8,000 battery collection bins to cut recycling fires
The environment ministry will distribute separation posters to local governments and link bin locations to online maps as part of a push to keep lithium batteries out of household waste.
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Food and drug safety ministry issues three product development guides for small firms
The guides walk small companies and researchers through the documents and regulatory requirements needed at each stage of developing drugs, medical devices and clinical statistics.
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Health ministry opens forum on data-driven health policy
The first of four forums will examine how national health data and statistics can be connected to shape evidence-based policy.
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Korea Intellectual Property Office unveils R&D-patent plan to counter tech rivalry
The Korea Intellectual Property Office and the science ministry won cabinet-level approval for a strategy to embed patent planning in state research and commercialize public technology abroad.
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Korea adds one-stop review for hearing aids, implants
The food and drug safety ministry will let makers of Class 2 devices such as hearing aids and dental implants file technical-document review and certification together, cutting a 40-day process to 25.
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Health ministry forum weighs locally led integrated care delivery
The fourth Community Integrated Care Forum brought local governments, public health centers and researchers together to discuss how regional authorities should run and coordinate care services.
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Bank of Korea says August bank lending rate climbed to 4.40 percent
Korean lenders raised fresh lending rates in August, while deposit rates held steady.
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Korea food safety ministry names 100 experts to new hygiene committee
The food and drug safety ministry appointed 94 outside and six in-house experts to a two-year term on the Food Sanitation Deliberation Committee, which will weigh food safety standards and policy.
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National Data Office opens forum on measuring quality of life beyond GDP
The 12th forum on inclusive and sustainable quality-of-life measurement brings government, academia and researchers together in Seoul to discuss how well-being indicators can be tied to policy.
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Health ministry inspects age-tech centers as Korea eyes tech-linked senior housing
A senior welfare official visited a Kyung Hee University age-tech testing center and a senior housing complex to review how care robots and AI devices are being brought into everyday life.
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SMEs ministry breaks ground on K-Bio Lab Hub in Songdo
South Korea's SMEs ministry began construction on a national bio startup support complex in Incheon, with 60 companies to move in when the building opens in November 2028.
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Science ministry briefs regional researchers on 2027 basic research budget
Park In-kyu, head of the science ministry's science and technology innovation office, met regional university researchers to explain next year's government R&D budget and hear their views.
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