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Protecting Civilians’ Safety with Science and Technology (April 6, 2021)
- Date : 2021-05-25
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Protecting Civilians' Safety with Science and Technology
Korean science and technology research institutes and the Korean National Police Agency have come together to cooperate on creating a safer society. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology, or KIST (Dr. Seok-Jin Yoon, President) established the Science and Security Promotion Center as a non-profit foundation under the Korean National Police Agency (Mr. Chang Yong Kim, Commissioner General) and held a signboard-hanging ceremony at KIST’s headquarters in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul.
The signboard ceremony is an
important event formalizing the launch of the Science and Security Promotion
Center (hereinafter referred to as the 'Center'), which will serve as the hub for
scientific security promotion and innovation of the security industry. Today’s
ceremony symbolizes the Center’s efforts to begin full-fledged work to
revitalize scientific security with the vision of establishing a nationally
safe society and creating an innovative, global role model for scientific security.
In November 2020, the Korean National Police Agency accelerated the
establishment of the Center by signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with
KIST to "advance science-based public security services and strengthen
security capabilities." Since that time, KIST, which is well-known for
being Korea’s first comprehensive research institute, has been continuing to
pursue cooperation with the agency through a security-focused research and
development team (hereinafter referred to as the "Police Lab"). KIST has
been actively involved in the establishment of the Center to provide support for
the operation of national strategies and the establishment of an ecosystem for
the scientific security industry.
Under the direction of its founding President, Dr. Kuiwon Choi, the
Center is focused on strengthening global security competitiveness through playing
a role as a think-tank in the scientific security field by offering S&T
support at the security site; planning security-specific R&D projects;
creating a safety industry ecosystem for improving global security
competitiveness; and organizing a scientific security cooperative
network that can operate at all times. Later, the Center plans to support the
establishment of scientific security strategies and the operation of
"Police Lab 2.0," jointly promoted by the Ministry of Trade, Industry
and Energy, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Land,
Infrastructure and Transport, and the Korean National Police Agency.
The
founding President, Dr. Kuiwon Choi, made an announcement regarding the
progress of the establishment of the Center and the operation plan, which
states that the Center will especially focus on actively pursuing R&D in
the field of scientific security to deal with crimes that have become more
diversified and sophisticated. It the announcement, he also stated that the
Center will focus on supporting businesses specializing in the rapidly growing
security-based R&D sector and promoting the spread of its successful
performance. Lastly, the announcement mentions that efforts will be put in all
directions toward developing mid- and long-term scientific security strategies
for preemptively responding to society’s needs in the future.
Meanwhile,
during the signboard-hanging ceremony, KIST introduced its excellent
technologies that can be used in the field of scientific security and shared
the achievements of the police lab, which it had been supporting since 2018.
This in turn led to a discussion on possibilities for further development and
expansion in the field of scientific security.
Dr. Seok-Jin Yoon, President of KIST, said, "With an emphasis being placed on the role of science and technology in implementing a nationally safe society, KIST will strive to be a pioneer for research in this field to help the Center stabilize and grow."