Dozens of ministerial-level representatives from across the globe as well as Nobel laureates and CEOs have gathered in the South Korean science hub of Daejeon to participate in discussing science, technology and innovation, organizers said Monday.Jeremy Rifkin, a world famous theorist and economist, will give a keynote address at the World Science & Technology Forum and deliver details of his theory on "Zero Margin Cost Society" on Monday.Nobel laureates Aaron Ciechanover and Noyori Ryoji, who w

A global meeting of science ministers and experts began in central South Korea on Monday to discuss ways to achieve sustained economic development and improve the quality of life through technological innovations.The five-day World Science & Technology Forum started as the first event of the gathering of science officials from the Paris-based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development that will run through Friday in this central South Korean city packed with research labs. Under the t

The gathering of science ministers from around the globe is ready to kick off its five-day run in South Korea later this week, organizers said Sunday, where countries will discuss ways to utilize technology to benefit mankind.The OECD Ministerial Meeting Daejeon 2015, World Science & Technology Forum that runs from Monday through Friday will commence in Daejeon, a city packed with science institutes located 164 kilometers south of Seoul.Along with the members of the Paris-based Organization for

South Korea's ICT ministry said Sunday the upcoming science ministerial gathering of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will be the first of its kind outside Paris, reflecting South Korea's efforts to beef up its presence around the globe. South Korea is hosting the OECD Ministerial Meeting Daejeon 2015, World Science & Technology Forum, which will open on Monday and run through Friday. The event will be held in Daejeon, located 164 kilometers south of Seoul, which is home

South Korea's National Research Council of Science & Technology said Sunday it will hold an academic gathering with Europe-based applied science researcher Fraunhofer in line with the upcoming OECD ministerial meeting.Under the plan, the NST will meet up with officials from Fraunhofer on Monday, and discuss various ways to bolster ties between the two researchers in Daejeon, located 164 kilometers south of Seoul.Fraunhofer currently has around 23,000 staff members and 67 research labs in Germany

South Korea said Thursday it is ready to hold a global forum for science ministers next week, where participants will discuss ways to forge deeper ties for technology development.  Delegations from 59 countries including ministerial-level science officials, businessmen and scholars are expected to attend the OECD Ministerial Meeting Daejeon 2015, World Science & Technology Forum, which will open on Monday, according to the science ministry.  The event will be held in Daejeon, located 164 kilomet

South Korean boffins carried home the $2 million top prize Saturday after their robot triumphed in a disaster-response challenge inspired by the 2011 Fukushima nuclear meltdown in Japan.   Team KAIST and its DRC-Hubo robot took the honor ahead of Team IHMC Robotics and Tartan Rescue, both from the United States, at the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC) after a two-day competition in California.   The runners-up win $1 million and $500,000 respectively, in a field of more than 20 competitors.   But

    GENEVA (AFP) -- Physicists have fixed a short-circuit at the world's largest proton smasher, making the particle-hunting machine ready for a restart "within days' time" after a two-year shutdown.A fragment of metal in one of the Large Hadron Collider's magnet circuits that had delayed putting the machine back into service was removed on Monday, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research said."The largest collider in the world should be ready for beam (operations) in a few days' time," CE

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) -- The capsule carrying a Russian and an American who are to spend a year away from Earth docked Saturday with the International Space Station.Mikhail Kornienko and Scott Kelly are to spend 342 days aboard the orbiting laboratory, about twice as long as a standard mission on the station. The Soyuz space capsule, also carrying Russia's Gennady Padalka for a six-month stay, docked about six hours after launching  from Russia's manned space facility in Kazakhstan.Once the

  Koo Bon-ho, an adviser to Galaxia Communications, on Monday was accused of fraud and embezzlement. 　Prosecutors at the Seoul Central Prosecutors’ Office said Koo is accused of receiving more than 1 billion won ($909,000) in cash and a luxury car from a KOSDAQ-listed company executive, in exchange for promising him a 5 billion won investment in 2010. 　However, the investment was never made and the plaintiff had to pay for corporate tax and other costs while squeezing out the 1 billion won kickb

President Park Geun-hye vowed Wednesday to help nurture South Korea's central region as a hub of the bioindustry as she opened the latest innovation center.  South Korea has been pushing to set up innovation centers across the country to match local startups and venture firms to conglomerates, known here as chaebol, to provide resources to smaller companies so that they can turn creative ideas into real businesses.  "I will make Osong a mecca of the bioindustry," Park said in a ceremony marking

TOKYO (AFP) -- Sony said Friday it was asking Japanese regulators for permission to delay its earnings release next month after a cyberattack at its Hollywood film unit compromised "a large amount of data".The Japanese firm said its US-based Sony Pictures Entertainment subsidiary will not have time to put together its financial statements after the attack, linked to its controversial North Korea satire "The Interview," which has been widely blamed on Pyongyang.The Tokyo-based firm, which was due