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A Korean firm develops a low-maintenance flowmeter that can measure a wide variation of sewage flow rates to improve efficiency and prevent flooding.
Asia can gain from the longevity dividend by tapping emerging technologies to promote an age-friendly workplace.
Identify investment opportunities, expedite reforms to improve business environment, support ESG standards, and forge strategic partnerships.
The Republic of Korea provided vocational training for disabled people in addition to imposing a hiring quota for both public and private employers.
Korean engineers develop an easy-to-install, economical, and quick-to-use concrete mat as an alternative to traditional road paving.
Analysis using a multidimensional index suggests that regional integration boosts growth and reduces poverty, beyond the usual effect of trade openness.
Major reforms toward a market-based, open economy required extensive public communications to gain public support in the Republic of Korea.
Understanding the impact of COVID-19 on women can help policy makers design gender-sensitive measures as part of their economic recovery plan.
Pacific island countries need to include climate action in national development plans to lessen the economic costs of climate change.
Less developed countries can take advantage of increased talent flows in the region in expanding their “brain network.”