Collaboration into the 21st century : the UK/Republic of Korea relationship in science, engineering and technology / Office of Science and Technology.

  • Great Britain. Office of Science and Technology.
Date:
[1995]
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Credit: Collaboration into the 21st century : the UK/Republic of Korea relationship in science, engineering and technology / Office of Science and Technology. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ¢ Development of new advanced materials for the information, electronics, and energy industries (planning and coordination agency—Science and Technology Policy Institute); ¢ Development of environmental technology (planning and coordination agency—National Institute of Environmental Research (NIER)); ° Development of new functional bio-materials* (planning and coordination agency—Science and Technology Policy Institute); ° Development of new energy technology (planning and coordination agency —R&D Management Centre for Energy and Resources); ° Development of next generation nuclear reactor (planning and coordination agency—Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO)). Footnote * Biotech 2000 is a three phase plan to implement one of the key HAN areas— biotechnology. The Korean Government is preparing to invest around 16 trillion Won (£13.2 billion) in planned stages by the year 2007 in order to promote biological science and technology. Some UK scientists are already involved in joint initiatives under this plan, but there is room for considerable growth given the UR’s strengths in this field. COLLABORATION INTO THE 21ST CENTURY 20. The Korean Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) initiated a priority technology drive. This aims to expand Korea’s technological infrastructure, to accelerate technology development by private firms, and to improve the productivity of technology-related R&D activities. MOTIE intends to: * forecast technological development and survey technology demand; * promote technological cooperation with foreign countries by exchanging personnel and information, holding technology fairs and supporting the foundation of cooperation committees; ¢ introduce new technology standardisation and guarantee systems; * set up “technology business incubators”; ° cultivate technical manpower and support private firms’ training programmes; e facilitate the dissemination of information on technology; * foster private technical training centres. A number of strategic national R&D projects have been selected by MOTIE for preferential treatment and allocated funding. These will support the R&D areas highlighted in the HAN Project and are: ° Biotechnology (including biomaterials, healthcare, agriculture and foods, environmental research and alternative energy) 14 * Computer software (including Han-Gul [Korean language] information processing technology, software production and application software production technology) ° Aerospace (including system technology, parts and element technology and testing facilities) ¢ Nuclear energy (including reactor technology, nuclear fuel cycle technology, radioactive waste management, nuclear safety, radiation applications and nuclear power plant construction technology) * Ocean research (including deep seabed mining, ocean processes and pollution, and environmental research) ¢ Multi-disciplinary technology (including portable automatic machine translator, artificial intelligence, sensor technology, micromachines, and advanced precision technology) ¢ Industrial technology (to develop industrial seed technology in order to reinforce industrial competitiveness and productivity) ¢ Information and telecommunication technology (to develop telecommunication technologies and computer technology). In these core areas, the Ministry is seeking to cut through administrative red tape, and will endeavour to create favourable workforce and management relations. MOTIE will also allow private firms to set up plants in the