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Documents and publications

17 October 2023

South Korea seismic risk profile

This seismic risk profile of South Korea, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.

Update

2 October 2023

South Korea accelerates vaccine production to shore up defences against future pandemics

Government develops robust vaccination infrastructure that will allow the country to ‘respond more quickly’ in designing and producing shots.

Telegraph Media Group Limited

Documents and publications

21 August 2023

Learning from the Republic of Korea: Building health system resilience

This report dissects the COVID-19 countermeasures successfully adopted in Korea. The response of the government of the Republic of Korea to COVID-19 has been heralded as among the most successful.

Update

29 June 2023

Forecasting flash floods an hour in advance

Korea has recently seen a surge in localized torrential rain and floods due to global warming. Frequent flash floods are hard to forecast and, when forecast, the accuracy is low.

PhysOrg, Omicron Technology Ltd

National Research Council of Science & Technology

Update

28 March 2023

KICT develops a ground & structure collapse detection sensor

A smart sensor and system capable of detecting imminent ground or structure collapses is now available

National Research Council of Science & Technology

Documents and publications

13 February 2023

Flooding time nomograph for urban river flood prediction: Case study of Dorim stream basin, Seoul

In this study, a flooding time nomograph (FTN) was proposed to predict the flood occurrence time according to rainfall conditions, such as intensity, time distribution, and duration in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

Update

1 February 2023

Learning from South Korea: Building resilient health systems for pandemic preparedness

Korea’s response to COVID-19, heralded as one of the most successful in the world, offers a good example on how to build a resilient health system.

World Bank, the

Documents and publications

18 January 2023

Analysis of time-dependent effects of ambient temperatures on health by vulnerable groups in Korea in 1999–2018

This study compared the relative risks of heat days on mortalities by vulnerable groups in the past decade (1999–2008) and the recent decade (2009–2018) in four cities, Seoul, Incheon, Daegu, and Gwangju, in Korea.