South Korea has designated Yeosu City as an area in need of state-level support citing a sharp decline in the local petrochemical sector driven by global oversupply from low-cost Chinese imports The second largest city in South Jeolla Province is home to major petrochemical facilities and has been significantly impacted by weakening industry conditions is the first such designation under the government’s measures for the petrochemical industry announced in 2024 The ministry noted that the global oversupply of petrochemical products is projected to rise to 61 million tons by 2028 Yeosu will become eligible for emergency funds and local investment promotion subsidies Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the area will be eligible for support covering up to 24 percent of facility investments Financial institutions will also offer extended loan maturities and deferred repayments to SMEs and partner firms in the city Additional support measures will include research and development funding are also reportedly pushing for the designation of industrial crisis areas as traditional manufacturing industries such as petrochemicals and steel experience difficulties Korea’s inflation rises 2.1% in April KEPCO, KHNP clash over UAE nuclear plant costs Korean Air teases new logo ahead of Asiana Airlines integrat.. 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LG CNS partners with KAIST to train AI transformation expert.. item.tmx : Math.floor(item.tmn)+'/'+Math.floor(item.tmx)) +'℃ Samsung’s Bespoke AI Combo hits 100,000 sales milestone LG Energy Solution seeks global talent in U.S. LG Electronics rolls out tumbler washer MyCup LG Elec installs LED scoreboard at Boston Red Sox stadium HD Hyundai Heavy holds ceremony for Philippine patrol ship LG unveils 2025 OLED Evo TV Samsung unveils gaming monitor with glasses-free 3D technology KITA Chief meets Texas Governor to discuss semiconductor subsidies KB Kookmin Bank, KCS to enhance forex monitoring system LG Electronics’ AI Washtower optimizes laundry in 3 seconds In this first-person narrative Angelica Gutierrez tells Nevada Today about her experience studying abroad in the University Studies Abroad Consortium’s (USAC) Gwangju I was surrounded by English- and Spanish-speakers so I never really thought twice about the significance of being bilingual It wasn’t until I took my first French class in high school that I realized I wanted to expand my relationship with language and interact with as many cultures as possible My goal is to become a polyglot: a person who knows and is able to use several languages a lovely port city with its own history and unique charm At first, USAC Seoul was my top choice program given that its city atmosphere is full of fun activities and cat cafes which would have undoubtedly been my financial downfall — albeit a welcomed one when I really evaluated my goals for my study abroad journey I wanted to create a challenge to immerse myself in the language and its cultural nuances would better benefit and challenge me to practice and put myself out there The intensive language program at Chonnam National University was amazing we learned a different part of the language that included vocabulary/pronunciation We also had a Korean culture class in the afternoon that taught us history I had three professors for my language classes I felt like I was able to experience different methods of teaching that helped me understand what worked for me and what didn’t so I never felt like I couldn’t ask clarifying questions but learning the language in the city was the time that stuck with me the most the one thing you should take away from this blog post is that the locals are some of the kindest people ever so the people have the time and interest to talk with foreigners about their experiences They always asked me if I was enjoying Korea It was beautiful to have the vocabulary to tell them how much I appreciated their country and how kind they are.One moment that stands out vividly in my memory was just a few days before I was set to leave Korea My sister — who was also in the program — and I had just finished dinner and hailed a taxi back to the dorms I noticed the driver glancing at us in the rear-view mirror I could tell the driver was caught off guard by my Korean His surprise quickly turned into curiosity and he began asking about our thoughts on Korea I felt so calm and content to share this moment he gave us one of his postcards showcasing his work I realize that I wouldn’t have experienced it if I hadn’t taken the time to learn the language it was one of the proudest moments of my study abroad experience. If any student is thinking about studying abroad my advice is to take the opportunity to personally connect yourself with the world Angelica Gutierrez is an alumna of the University of Nevada where she received her bachelor's in both biology and French in May 2024 Gutierrez has since transitioned into a Program Advisor for USAC's Latin America and Thailand programs She hopes to one day obtain her master's in genetic counseling and language fluency in Korean and ASL.  Reno Jazz Festival returns: a celebration of music Navigating hardships and finding unconditional support abroad Reno student Sophia Patricia Calculli DeYoung discusses her experience studying with the University Studies Abroad Consortium in Verona 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This edition of Bustler's curated picks of noteworthy architecture and design competitions features four calls seeking proposals for the revitalization of Yeosu City Hall in South Korea standout products and designers that reflect forward-thinking design student-driven urban solutions for the reimagining of a site along the Cai River in Nha Trang For the complete directory of newly listed competitions, click here Architectural Design Competition for the Extension of the Yeosu City Hall AnnexRegistration Deadline: Friday "To resolve long-standing complaints regarding administrative inefficiency and poor service the city aims to construct a rational and future-oriented office building This new facility will go beyond serving as a simple administrative space and will introduce a variety of functions that allow it to coexist with the citizens." INTERIOR DESIGN Magazine's 2025 HiP AwardsRegistration/Submission Deadline: Friday "From visionary product designers to the creative forces behind standout workplace and education spaces—this is your moment to shine The HiP Awards spotlight both established names and emerging talent making bold contributions across the A+D industry the HiP Awards continues to recognize innovation and forward-thinking design in two main categories: HiP People and HiP Products Whether you're submitting a future-forward furniture collection or nominating a rising star from your firm this program offers a prestigious platform to elevate your work and your team." 4th International Design Competition: (Re)engaging Cities Landscape for Cultural and Economic VibrancyRegistration/Submission Deadline: Tuesday, July 15 LIT Lighting Design Awards 2025Registration/Submission Deadline: Sunday "The LIT Lighting Design Awards are officially open for submissions inviting the world’s most innovative lighting designers 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trawler suddenly disappeared from its radar authorities recovered seven crew members aboard a lifeboat The other four crew members in the lifeboat -- two Vietnamese and two Indonesian nationals -- were transferred to a nearby hospital Sunday morning after showing signs of hypothermia the Coast Guard found an eighth crew member floating unconscious near the location of the sinking the agency announced that it had found the sunken trawler at a depth of 80 meters and 400 meters from the location where it was suspected to have sunk It also found one out of the six missing crewmembers it was unclear whether the newly discovered crew member was found dead or alive Based on testimony provided by the rescued Vietnamese crewmembers the Coast Guard stated during a press briefing Sunday that the trawler “suddenly tilted and sank.” “After checking with the rescued Vietnamese crew it seems that the vessel suddenly tilted violently to the left while sailing and capsized,” said a Coast Guard official “The 11 crew members jumped into the sea without life jackets authorities were searching for missing crew crew members that remain unaccounted for focusing on an area within five kilometers of where the boat is believed to have sunk one Vietnamese and four Korean crew members are still missing Authorities said three of them were last seen inside the vessel before the accident while the others were seen in the water The exact cause behind the accident is still being investigated though rescued crew members testified to the police that the trawler capsized due to bad weather While the Seogyeong was moving as a fleet with four other fishing vessels it reportedly did not send a distress signal to the other fishing vessels or the Coast Guard Authorities believe that the vessel sank so suddenly that it was unable to send out a signal The Coast Guard said it had deployed 24 patrol vessels three vessels from affiliated agencies as well as 15 civilian fishing boats to look for the missing crew as unfavorable weather conditions continued the authorities' rescue efforts have faced hurdles a 5-ton Coast Guard patrol vessel also capsized near the site of the accident due to high waves The Coast Guard immediately dispatched another patrol vessel and the crew members on board were successfully rescued The Ministry of Interior and Safety has set up an emergency response headquarters in cooperation with the South Jeolla provincial government and the city government of Yeosu to help organize the search and rescue operation while also providing support for those affected by the accident acting President Choi Sang-mok instructed relevant agencies to mobilize all available equipment and personnel to ensure that rescue activities at the scene proceed smoothly to locate the missing crew members the recent incident comes less than 10 days after another fishing vessel capsized near Jeju Island on Feb According to the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries the number of fatalities and missing 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star-packed season 2 National Thermal power plant in Yeosu catches fire A section of a thermal power plant caught fire Monday in the southern coastal city of Yeosu Flames erupted at the power plant as of 9:28 a.m but no casualties have been reported so far Firefighters rushed to the scene and tried to extinguish the fire has reportedly initiated the shutdown process for its ethylene glycol (EG) and methyl methacrylate (MMA) production facilities at Yeosu Plant 2 in southern South Korea Lotte Chemical has begun reducing production and preparing for “box-up” at the plant which involves emptying production equipment and filling it with nitrogen is typically carried out for plant shutdowns or maintenance it reportedly marks the preparatory stage for dismantling and selling the facilities a primary ingredient in automotive coolants have been flagship products for Lotte Chemical since the former Honam Petrochemical era in the 1970s The plant generated annual sales of 3 trillion won ($2.15 billion) to 4 trillion won at its peak but Lotte Chemical reported an operating loss of 413.6 billion won in the third quarter of 2024 the company’s fourth consecutive quarterly loss The company’s challenges reflect broader difficulties in Korea‘s petrochemical industry has halted operations at its styrene monomer (SM) plant in the same industrial complex issued perpetual bonds worth 700 billion won to bolster its financial structure The industry is grappling with a crisis as China’s overproduction of general-purpose plastics erodes key export markets and floods the domestic market China’s annual ethylene production capacity reached 51.74 million tons more than double the 25.65 million tons recorded in 2018 the Korean government plans to announce a comprehensive support package for the petrochemical industry in December 2024 The measures are expected to include tax incentives and eased regulations on mergers and acquisitions with additional steps under review to facilitate corporate consolidations Lotte Group has also implemented significant personnel changes It replaced 21 affiliate chief executive officers (CEOs) and retired 22 percent of its executives reducing the total number of executives by 13 percent compared to the end of 2023 while 30 percent of executives in the division were retired to vice president and appointed 12 CEOs born in the 1970s to drive a generational shift and Park Hyun-chul of Lotte Engineering & Construction Co All Headlines North Korea Sports Top News Most Viewed Korean Newspaper Headlines Today in Korean History Yonhap News Summary Editorials from Korean Dailies (ATTN: UPDATES throughout; CHANGES headline) April 7 (Yonhap) -- A fire at a shuttered thermal power plant in the southern coastal city of Yeosu was put out on Monday Flames erupted at the power plant in Yeosu but firefighters extinguished the flames at 10:56 a.m Four people were working at the time of the fire but no one was injured as they evacuated on time according to a local office of Korea East-West Power Co. The power plant had been closed since 2021 after over 40 years of operation shows a thermal power plant on fire in the southern coastal city of Yeosu on April 7 All News National Economy/Finance Biz Culture/K-pop Images Videos Korean Newspaper Headlines Korea in Brief Useful Links Weather Advertise with Yonhap News Agency Three cities in the eastern part of Jeollanam-do united to overcome the industrial crisis in the Gwangyang Bay area The three cities adopted a joint declaration through an administrative council meeting held at the Citizens Hall of Gwangyang City Hall on the 30th and formalized solidarity and cooperation to revive the stagnant flagship industry The declaration comes amid a structural crisis that has recently shaken the economic foundation of the Gwangyang Bay area has played a pivotal role in the country's key industries but the local economy is seriously hit by external factors such as global oversupply it is a common recognition of problems in the three cities that not only the contraction of the industrial base but also the lack of youth jobs and concerns about population outflows are becoming a reality The mayors who attended the meeting emphasized that there is a limit to individual cities' handling of the crisis and that regional cooperation is the only solution for the survival of the Gwangyang Bay area rather than simply staying in symbolic solidarity we decided to work together to link practical policies to respond to industrial crises and increase future responsiveness the crisis in the petrochemical industry in Yeosu will be promoted together so that it can be designated as a preemptive response area at the national level and the entire Gwangyang Bay area will be designated as a special industrial crisis response area the government will focus its administrative capabilities on expanding the job base and improving settlement conditions so that young people can stay in the region It also plans to ease regulations that hinder corporate attraction and increase urban competitiveness by expanding wide-area transportation networks and linking medical and tourism infrastructure they agreed on the urgent need for a response strategy to strengthen the industrial base and living base at the same time due to concerns that the improvement of the wide-area transportation system such as the expansion of the railway network could accelerate and the outflow of population to the metropolitan area Suncheon Mayor Roh Kwan-kyu proposed a new cooperative model beyond the level of joint response "This joint declaration goes beyond simple administrative cooperation and is the starting point for Yeosu Suncheon and Gwangyang to unite as one economic alliance," he said it should develop into a special government that can deal with industrial policy "We will cooperate with local chambers of commerce and the central government so that this initiative can lead to concrete institutionalization," he stressed ※ This service is provided by machine translation tool Three tourists who ate pufferfish in Yeosu showed symptoms of poisoning and were urgently transferred by the Coast Guard and 119 According to the Yeosu Maritime Police Station on the 20th three tourists in their 60s were reported to show symptoms of addiction after eating puffer fish in Yeon-ro The group reportedly ate pufferfish purchased at a fish market in Yeosu while visiting and fishing in the morning of the same day Tourists reported to the Year Health Center when symptoms such as paralysis appeared after eating pufferfish the health center doctor asked the Coast Guard for emergency rescue the Coast Guard dispatched a patrol ship to Yeonhae Port The coast guard ship arrived at Woljeon Port in Hwatae Island at around 7:40 p.m and 119 paramedics who were waiting took them to the hospital Tourists showed symptoms of pufferfish poisoning such as tongue paralysis and one of them was treated urgently for decreased consciousness and breathing problems Two people showed symptoms such as facial boomabies "Fogfish can be fatal if toxicity is not removed during cooking so you must consume cooked food from qualified experts." April 16 (Yonhap) -- The body of a missing crew member aboard a fishing vessel that sank in February was found Wednesday The body belonged to one of the five crew members who went missing after their 139-ton vessel sank in waters near Yeosu Rescue divers made the discovery in the steering room of the vessel 82.8 meters underwater The Coast Guard plan to recover the body and transfer it to a local hospital and three Indonesians were aboard the ship at the time of the sinking Bereaved family members watch over the sea on Feb in hopes of finding their loved ones after a fishing trawler sank in waters about 17 kilometers east of the island of Habaek Korea.net hosts networking event for Honorary Reporters Accord with Japan to protect both nations' people abroad A bilateral agreement with Japan will bolster cooperation in protecting the nationals of both nations abroad Click here to read more about the latest summit between leaders of both countries Talks with NZ seek to upgrade ties to strategic partnership Korea and New Zealand have agreed to advance talks on elevating the bilateral Partnership for the 21st Century concluded Korea and New Zealand have agreed to advance talks on elevating the bilateral Partnership for the 21st Century concluded in 2006 to a comprehensive strategic partnership Mixed boccia pair to face Hong Kong for Paralympic gold the Jeong-Kang pair will face in the final Hong Kong in mixed pair BC3 boccia 🌕 S-Tier food for Chuseok 🌕 | K-Cuisine Relay | Ep.28 Galbijjim & Samsaeknamul “Reading is so sexy!” — Headlined by The Guardian (UK)　| Balance Talk | Ep Korean German architect in Seoul seeks to innovate Hanok Grassroots group seeks to clean up trash from Jeju waters Polish capital hosts Korean cultural event at Breakfast Market Hanbok-clad children play traditional games President Yoon attends opening of Cyber Summit Korea Descendants of Korean War veterans attend event in Incheon Multicultural families attend Chuseok event Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol on the 79th Liberation Day Keynote Address by President Yoon Suk Yeol at the NATO Public Forum K-pop management innovation changes global music industry Korea-French friendship to drive future partnership Denmark's digital strategy to preserve global democracy 10th workshop of European Association for Korean Language Education (EAKLE) PNP launches TOP COP special class to enhance tourist safety K-Culture Extravaganza Lights Up Jozi: Korean Cultural Centre Unveils ‘Travelling Korea’ Korean Restaurant to open soon in Abuja-Envoy Jusung Gabriel Park & Daejeon Philharmonic Orchestra Production Design: Scene Architects Build On-Screen Worlds The first Mega Island Music Festival will be held in Yeosu from July 26 to Aug This festival is the first large-scale cultural event in 13 years since the Yeosu World Expo in 2012 on the coast of the Sky Tower at the Yeosu World Expo site The "Mega Island Music Festival" is the largest in Korea and the first in the world to be tried in the form of a "Music Festival Fair," and leading music festivals at home and abroad will participate together It is a multi-cultural festival that encompasses K-contents from all genres and a total of 100 artists will be on stage every day "The Yeosu Mega Island Music Festival is establishing various direct and indirect strategies to revitalize the local economy and promote tourism and is doing its best to maximize the ripple effect of the region." "In addition to the largest scale and genre integration in Korea we plan to expand our connection with famous overseas music festivals every year beyond Korea through cooperation with highly recognized global brands," he stressed The lineup of artists to participate in the festival and specific event schedules will be released later on the official website and SNS channels and earning points to qualify for Paris 2024 #RoadtoParis2024 #OlympicQualifiers #Badminton The latest stories of your favourite teams and athletes Follow their journey to the Olympic Winter Games in Italy An additional crew member's body was found in the hull of the Seokyeong According to South Jeolla Province and others on the 20th which sank 80 meters deep on the sea east of Habaekdo Island The probationary authorities plan to hand over the body to the family after going through an identification process at a funeral home in Yeosu believing that there will be more missing people on board Jeollanam-do decided to invest 1 billion won in reserve funds for underwater search operations at the request of families of missing persons and signed a contract with a specialized company The specialized company has conducted an underwater search since the 23rd of last month and recovered one more on the same day following the discovery of the body of a foreign sailor on the 16th Seokyeong sank off the coast of Yeosu early on February 9 Nine out of 14 crew members were rescued or found on the day of the accident Two of the remaining five crew members were found by this day A fishing boat sank near Habaek Island in Yeosu the Coast Guard received a report that the 22nd West Gyeong disappeared from the radar in waters about 17 kilometers east of Habaek Island Yeosu Coast Guard dispatched to the scene of the accident and rescued seven crew members The Coast Guard continued the search and searched for one more person The ship is believed to have sunk in a short period of time without even sending a distress signal which was sailing in a total of five ships disappeared without any signs of rescue request to the Coast Guard and the fleet a wind wave warning was in effect until 3 a.m on the sea about 17 kilometers east of Habaek Island The weather conditions were reportedly bad enough to overturn the Coast Guard's high-speed patrol boat The Coast Guard is doing its best to search for the remaining six missing people The missing are four Koreans and one Indonesian and Vietnamese The Coast Guard is also investigating whether the ship in the accident sent the ship's Automatic Identification System (AIS) signal normally to the adjacent Regional Maritime Control Center (VTS) before the accident "There has been no factory expansion work this year The industrial park is so quiet that I'm scared." Kim who worked for a plant business in Yeosu National Industrial Complex in South Jeolla Province for 15 years recently quit the company and is looking for a new job gross domestic product (GDP) fell back in the first quarter of this year According to the Bank of Korea on the 24th real GDP grew 0.2% in the first quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter It is the first time in nine months that the quarterly growth rate has been negative since the second quarter of last year (-0.2%) The negative growth in the second quarter of last year was largely due to the base effect of the previous quarter's surprise high growth (1.3%) but the "shock" is serious because it collapsed without enduring growth which was only 0.1% in the fourth quarter of last year the Bank of Korea expected economic sentiment to pick up from February to March and semiconductor exports to increase individuals closed their wallets due to emergency martial law and political uncertainty following impeachment and the launch of the Donald Trump administration adversely affected global trade Construction investment (-3.2%) grew back for four consecutive quarters in the first quarter private consumption (-0.1%) and government consumption (-0.1%) all decreased from the previous quarter Exports and imports also fell -1.1 percent and -2 percent Only a few workers come and go to the Yeosu Industrial Complex construction site which was visited by hundreds of people a day Most of the companies operating in the industrial complex lost tens of billions to hundreds of billions of won last year Factory utilization and employment rates have also fallen A representative of a parts company in Busan said "Large automakers can find measures to build overseas factories According to an analysis of the Bank of Korea's business sentiment index by region nine out of 13 metropolitan and provincial governments in the non-metropolitan area said the economy felt worse in the first quarter of this year than in the first quarter of 2023 The business sentiment index by region was the worst in the order of Jeonnam (-14.4) the more companies are pessimistic about the economy so trade tensions are a big headwind," Bank of Korea Governor Lee Chang-yong said in an interview with CNBC "Not only will it be directly affected by U.S but it will also be indirectly affected by U.S Prime Minister Han Duck-soo delivers a speech in a ceremony remembering the victims of the Yeosu-Suncheon uprising held at Korean Tea Culture Park in Boseong Korea East-West Power announced on the 19th that it signed a "Basic Agreement on Yeosu Green Group Energy Project" with E1 on the 18th attended the signing ceremony at E1's headquarters the two companies will begin construction of an LNG cogeneration plant to supply electricity in Yeosu Taking advantage of each company's expertise the company plans to jointly carry out overall projects such as construction orders Yeosu Green Energy is a special purpose corporation (SPC) with a total of 495MW of collective energy business license It supplies heat and power to industrial complexes and residential areas in Yeosu "This agreement will strengthen the competitiveness of the two companies in the energy sector and contribute to stabilizing the national electricity supply." BS Hanyang announced on the 26th that it will speed up the creation of a "猫 Eco-Energy Hub" in Yeosu and will establish a clean energy business value chain following a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal BS Hanyang is promoting a clean hydrogen production and supply project based on LNG terminals at Yeosu's Myodo Eco Energy Hub which was designated as a special opportunity development zone project in Jeollanam-do in June last year The LNG terminal serves as a raw material supply base for clean hydrogen production which stably supplies 3 million tons of LNG per year BS Hanyang plans to create a 'hydrogen cluster' that leads to hydrogen production jointly promoted by BS Hanyang with Jeollanam-do and Yeosu City includes an LNG terminal that can store and supply LNG and a liquefied CO₂ terminal that transfers CO₂ collected during hydrogen production to landfills BS Hanyang is seeking policy support from the government and local governments while promoting technology and investment cooperation with global hydrogen and CCS companies to build essential infrastructure facilities such as hydrogen production facilities and CO₂ terminals required to produce up to 100,000 tons of clean hydrogen per year the cold heat of the LNG terminal can be utilized in the process of liquefying and storing carbon dioxide generated during the hydrogen production process which can significantly reduce power consumption This method is a basic model of liquefied CO₂ terminals being promoted at home and abroad and global companies are interested in it because it has differentiated competitiveness in terms of cost Myodo Island is expected to be actively invested by companies as it has secured policy support such as being designated as a special hydrogen-specialized opportunity development zone in Jeollanam-do by the Ministry of Trade The creation of a hydrogen cluster in BS Hanyang and the promotion of clean energy projects are accelerating further when the Myodo cogeneration project was selected as a preferred bidder in the Ministry of Industry's power generation capacity bidding in December last year which is undergoing screening to secure the final business rights is a high-efficiency clean power plant that reduces fuel use by adopting the latest high-efficiency power generation facilities of 495 megawatts (MW) Power and heat are stably supplied to the hydrogen cluster It plans to reduce fuel consumption by adopting the latest high-efficiency power generation facilities as power plants that produce both heat and electricity and operate as a high-efficiency clean power plant that mixes clean hydrogen with LNG South Korea – October 2024 - The Sarasit Pithayalai Ban Pong School Marching Band was nominated by the Thailand Marching Band Association to represent Thailand at the 2024 Yeosu Marching Festival an international festival of marching bands held in Yeosu The Salesian musical band is made up of 52 students aged between 12 and 18 under the leadership of Fr Somrote Chaichana the Sarasit Marching Band participated in the Street Parade along the Yeosu coastal road and performed at the Marching Festival Opening Ceremon and the " Wind Music Festival which attracted a large number of visitors the students undertook a study trip to learn about Korean culture from 14 to 16 October warmly welcomed by the Salesians at the headquarters of the Salesian Province of Seoul (KOR) The Sarasit School Marching Band has received many awards worldwide and also performed in front of Pope John Paul II at Castel Gandolfo in 2003 and on the occasion of Pope Francis' visit to Thailand in 2019 together with the Salesian Schools' Marching Band to welcome the Pope at the Suphachalasai National Stadium in Bangkok The support and promotion of the Salesian School Marching Band in Thailand are a clear demonstration that the Salesians of Don Bosco care about the formation of young people in the Salesian spirit because music helps to sharpen the minds of young people ANS - “Agenzia iNfo Salesiana” is a on-line almost daily publication the communication agency of the Salesian Congregation enrolled in the Press Register of the Tibunal of Rome as n 153/2007 This site also uses third-party cookies to improve user experience and for statistical purposes By scrolling through this page or by clicking on any of its elements in this photo provided by National Fire Agency Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker A blueprint for the top 10 core projects that will be the biggest attraction and experience event of the "2026 Yeosu World Island Fair" has been released The Yeosu World Island Expo Organizing Committee announced on the 7th that it announced the "final report on research services on how to implement core projects for the 2026 Yeosu World Island Expo" and presented 10 key projects for successful hosting of the fair Key projects for the island fair included directing immersive media cruise operations along the island's coast and creating island art roads and theme zones and hold theme performances to realize this The organizing committee plans to finalize the core project by the end of March based on the results of the service and various opinions presented The outline of the layout of the driving site facilities was also revealed The driving venue decided to distribute and arrange exhibition halls to secure sea views and to ensure the visibility of landmarks anywhere in the fairground by utilizing the island's characteristics such as installing solar panels and self-generators were presented in preparation for increased power consumption "We will make Yeosu a global maritime tourism hub through innovative content using islands and oceans," adding "We plan to promote the island fair to contribute to revitalizing the local economy and developing the sustainable tourism industry." vice chairman of the Local Times Committee we will work with Jeollanam-do and Yeosu City to secure the budget," adding "We will do our best to successfully host the island fair with Yeosu citizens." will be held from September 5 to November 4 and other Yeosu island areas under the theme of "Connecting Island The August 28 episode of “Show Champion” was a special featuring performances from the 2024 Yeosu Summer Music Festival Y The artists who performed at this year’s festival included NMIXX, SF9 No winner was announced for this week’s show Check out all the performances aired during the special episode below Xdinary Heroes – “Little Things” and “Save me” Kwon Eun Bi – “Underwater” and “SABOTAGE” Woody – “When you alone” and “Flower in the Desert” HYNN – “The Lonely Bloom Stands Alone” and “GO FOR IT” you have no choice but to use several transportations It will be a great help for tourists if they can book it more comfortably Canadian national airline Air Canada is drawing attention by introducing a "railway and airport connection service" with the Korea Railroad Corporation (KORAIL) through an Intermodal partnership The service was successfully expanded across Europe and Korea was also introduced for the first time in the Asia-Pacific region in November last year passengers departing from major cities in Korea can book KTX and flights at once The smooth connection with flights from Incheon makes it more convenient to travel to North America Air Canada customers can book and use KTX high-speed rail and flights from eight major cities in Korea to major destinations in Canada and the United States at once It also provides a more convenient travel experience including the Airport Railroad (AREX) service linking Seoul Station and Incheon International Airport You can check the reservation and transit details on the official Air Canada website we will support reservations through travel agencies "Korea is a very important market in Air Canada's global network," said Jang Eun-seok We are happy to introduce this service in Korea for the first time in the Asia-Pacific region we plan to further strengthen our position in 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Log in here Volume 11 - 2024 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fmars.2024.1362335 This article is part of the Research TopicOcean Observation based on Underwater Acoustic Technology, volume IIView all 23 articles Observation of current speeds in coastal seas is crucial because it can provide useful information for ship operations Coastal acoustic tomography (CAT) is a technology that can continuously monitor environmental changes such as current velocity and water temperature using reciprocal acoustic signals between CAT stations in coastal seas This technology is different from traditional pointwise or intermittent sectional observations in that it can produce time-varying two- or three-dimensional current fields The results of previous studies using CAT systems have been limited to reproducing horizontal maps of depth-averaged two-dimensional current fields Utilizing results from a high-resolution coastal ocean model this study developed a novel technique for estimating three-dimensional (3-D) current fields by combining the inverse method with an artificial intelligence (AI) model Following three steps are the procedure for the test of estimating the 3-D current fields utilizing the ray tracing model ‘Bellhop,’ reciprocal travel times among five CAT stations using the coastal ocean model outputs are computed These five stations correspond to the locations where in-situ CAT systems were established for continuous monitoring of current changes in Yeosu Bay the range-averaged currents at the five layers were estimated by incorporating this travel time difference data into an AI model trained using the same coastal ocean model outputs the inverse method is applied to each layer to estimate the 3-D current fields The validation results revealed that the newly developed method performed well in both summer and winter Time-varying two-layer-like current fields were reasonably produced occasionally revealing an out-of-phase relationship between the upper and lower layers depending on the tidal phases This method yielded average root-mean-squared errors of less than 4 cm/s on six simulation paths for acoustic signal propagation when the same method was applied to in-situ CAT observations the average correlation coefficient (R) of the along-channel current of each layer was found to be approximately 0.9 or higher These results suggest that this novel method can be effectively applied to the continuous monitoring of 3-D current fields in coastal seas using a CAT system This method is feasible when multi-ray identification of 2nd or 3rd rays which pass through multiple layers along the sound transmission path is possible because this is almost impossible in coastal areas where the distances between stations are short and the water depth is shallow we combine an artificial intelligence (AI) model and an empirical orthogonal function (EOF) with an existing inverse method to develop a new 3-D current field estimation method This method has the advantage of fully reflecting the current pattern of the study area by applying EOF and simultaneously reducing the number of unknowns during inverse analysis thereby enabling the effective estimation of currents in underdetermined systems with a minimal number of observations this method allows the rapid estimation of the 2-D current field along the section between two CAT stations using single-ray acoustic observations of CAT The newly developed method was applied to in-situ CAT data to demonstrate its applicability for continuous current field monitoring using the CAT system in coastal seas (B) Map of Yeosu and Namhae located in the South Sea of Korea Black dots in (C) indicate the CAT stations and the lines connected between the CAT stations are paths for acoustic transmission simulation Yellow triangles in (C) indicate ADCP mooring sites (P1 Table 1 Locations of CAT stations and ADCP mooring sites Table 2 Summary of the data used in this study The in-situ application of the method was performed from September to October 2023 and validated against the ADCP mooring data at P1 and P2 (Figure 1C). The observation periods are presented in Table 2 The temporal resolutions were 20 min and 1 h which are finer than that of the KOOS model; however because the inverse method was built using the KOOS model the in-situ application was also performed at 3-hour intervals the 3-D current field was estimated using the following three procedures the reciprocal travel time difference (Δt) of each transmission path is computed through the ray tracing simulation Δt′ for each layer and path are computed using the AI model inverse analysis was applied to each layer resulting in a 3-D current field consisting of five layers The ‘.env’ file contains parameters such as the depth of the source and receiver The Bellhop model uses these input data to output the travel time (ti) between two stations from the current [u(x,y,z,t)] and sound speed [C(x,y,z,t)] ‘Calculated v’ is the current made from the ray tracing results and ‘model v’ is the KOOS model current data implying that Δt is mainly affected by velocity along the path The design of the “training process” is as follows The “test set” consisted of January–February and July–August 2022 the periods covered by the inverse analysis For all periods except the “test set,” about 2/3 of the data is “training set,” and the remaining 1/3 is “validation set.” Independent training is conducted for each of the three non-overlapping “validation sets.” The initial values of these models were randomized and training was performed three times for each model The final model results were obtained by averaging nine ensemble models This ensemble process provided robust model results Although the direction-based loss function typically uses the mean squared error (MSE) the model used in this study focuses on learning the upper modes by utilizing the EOF results as learning weights resulting in the establishment of an optimized direction-based loss function The AI model was designed to estimate the principal component (PC) time series of EOF using appropriate AI model layers for input data with different structures and dimensions (see Supplementary Figure 4) To simulate the current caused by the difference in sea level between the southern and northern parts of Yeosu Bay sea level data were only extracted at the southern and northern boundaries of the domain Because the two boundaries have different lengths of data (11 and 8 nodes a dense layer was utilized to have the same length of nodes and then applied to a 1-D convolutional long short-term memory (ConvLSTM1D) filter to handle the spatial dimension The calculation of the sea level difference was not entirely dependent on the neural network and a subtraction layer was added to directly calculate the difference between the two lines The dimension of sea level data passed through ConvLSTM1D is compressed from [time and Bellhop model output data have dimensions of [time resulting in merging with compressed sea level data The merged data pass through a dense layer and a hyperbolic tangent (nonlinear activation function) and then pass through an LSTM layer that handles the time series The tidal-current input field consisting of [latitude V)] dimensions were passed through the 3-D convolutional layer and compressed into [feature] dimensions the layer is merged with the layer that passes through the LSTM and is compressed into three dense layers to obtain the length of the PC time series (1st–10th modes) of the EOF The PC time series estimated using this process was then dot-produced using the eigenvectors obtained from the EOF analysis to obtain the current fields along the six vertical sections The surface layer has a high variability in current and a relatively small number of modeling runs owing to sea level fluctuations the output of the AI model is the range-averaged current at the five layers in the vertical section of the six transmission paths The third step is a new method of inverse analysis using EOF Dividing the distance of each transmission path by the range-averaged current at five layers in the vertical section for the six transmission paths obtained from the AI model a matrix Yik consisting of Δt′ for each layer and path is obtained as follows: where i and k represent the six transmission paths and five layers inverse analysis yields the horizontal current fields for each layer The EOF analysis results using the KOOS 3-D current fields are shown in Figure 2 which originally comprised 12 horizontal layers The layers were categorized based on the spatial pattern of the current value deviation over time 1st and 2nd layers show the greatest variation across the domain; therefore we averaged them and used them as Layer 1 of the inverse analysis and 5 of the inverse analysis were used by averaging the 3rd–5th and 11th–12th layers of the KOOS model Figure 2 Three-dimensional EOF analysis results (Rows) Eigenvectors for the first 3 modes (columns from left to right) at Layers 1 Bottom panels represent time series of the principal components for the first 3 modes for u- (red) and v-components (black) Figure 2 shows the eigenvector field and PC time series for the first three modes with significant patterns obtained from EOF analysis This is characterized by the dominance of north-south reciprocating components in mode 1 The first five modes were used in the ‘E matrix’ of inverse analysis The five modes explained 90.73% and 98.80% of the u- and v-component variance The eigenvectors of the five modes are extracted for each transmission path and layer ‘E matrix’ was defined as follows: respectively; Ri is the length of each path; and C0 is the reference sound speed θi is the angle between each transmission path and the x-axis and error e have the following relationships: Applying the L-curve method to this relationship yields the point at which error(e) and solution(X) are optimally balanced (Hansen and O’Leary, 1993; Park and Kaneko, 2001) skipped notation) can be expressed as the following matrix: When this is performed for all five layers which is dot-produced with the eigenvectors to yield a 3-D current field (Uk correlation coefficient (R) values were 0.88 This confirmed that the current field reproduced by the KOOS model was suitable for this study Table 3 Summary of shipboard ADCP observations Figure 3 Comparison of along-path averaged velocity between ADCP observations and KOOS model outputs Blue and red dots indicate ADCP observations carried out in 2022 and 2023 and p-values are calculated for the entire period The method presented in Section 2.2 was applied to all five horizontal layers in the domain The estimated current field was validated by comparison with KOOS outputs sound waves propagating along a path are significantly affected by the along-path current velocity current velocity was converted to the along-path current velocity (u cosθ + v sinθ) which are nearly zonal to the latitude line were slightly influenced by the north-south components of the current The estimated current field reproduced the KOOS current fields for all paths well with average RMSE values less than 4 cm/s and average R values exceeding 0.9 Figure 4 Comparison between the true value (KOOS model outputs black) and results from the inverse estimation (blue) on S4 (K4–K3) Table 4 RMSE (unit: cm/s) and R (correlation coefficient) values between the true current fields (KOOS model outputs) and inverse estimations Yeosu Bay is dominated by the v-component, and the upper and lower layers sometimes exhibit opposite phases, depending on the tidal phase. This can be observed from snapshots of v-component along the section, which are presented in Figure 5 When comparing the true values in the first column with the estimated current fields in the second column the two-layer structure is reproduced similarly in the contours in the first row the flood tidal period-averaged contours show a northward flow in all five layers and the ebb tidal period-averaged contours show a southward flow which is very similar between the estimated and true values The difference (True - estimation) is higher than -3.8 cm/s and lower than 3.2 cm/s snapshots are not presented because they show patterns like those of S1 (K1–K3) Figure 5 V-component along the section between K1 and K3 averaged (top panels) during July–August 2022 (middle panels) during the flood tidal period and (bottom panels) during the ebb tidal period First and second columns represent the true current field from the KOOS model and the results from the inverse estimation Third column represents the difference between them (True - Estimation) Figure 6 Snapshots of mapped current velocity at Layers 1 Magenta and blue arrows indicate the results from the inverse estimation and the true value from KOOS model The RMSE fields of the estimated current for each layer during the validation period are shown in Figure 7 The spatially averaged RMSE values for each layer are indicated in parentheses The error of the u-component is slightly lower than that of the v-component The errors were somewhat higher in the upper layer than in the middle and bottom layers and were larger in areas where the simulation path did not intersect or at the edges of the domain Figure 7 RMSE of u-component and v-component in January The percent of variance explained (PVE) for each layer indicates the degree to which the estimated current field reproduces the variability compared to the true value. It is calculated using the equation ‘PVE = (1– σerr2/σtrue2)*100’, where σtrue2 and σerr2 represent the variance of the true value and the error (true value – calculated value), respectively. Figure 8 shows the PVE for each layer The values in each title within the parentheses represent the average PVE values within the domain enclosed by the six simulation paths The average PVE for the u-component ranged from 49.8% to 68.9% with approximately 10% variation among the layers the average PVE ranges from 93.8% to 96.0% with a variation of approximately 1% among the layers This result suggests that the higher RMSE in the upper layer compared to the middle and bottom layers can be attributed to the higher current velocity values and variability in the upper layer The higher PVE for the v-component compared to the u-component is interpreted to be caused by the EOF related to the domain characteristics represented by the simple current pattern in the v-component Figure 8 PVE of u-component and v-component in January In contrast to ray-tracing simulations utilizing the Bellhop model in-situ data may encompass a diverse array of noise To assess the impact of noise within in-situ data on inverse analysis artificially introducing noise to the results (Δt) of the ray-tracing simulation The noise was configured to follow a random normal distribution and 11 experiments were structured based on varying noise intensities The application of noise in each experiment is governed by the following equation: Here, n was established based on the maximum, minimum, and mean values derived from the observational results of CAT and the ray-tracing simulation results (Table 5). Table 6 lists the mean values of the RMSE for the along-path current calculated from the AI model noise test The difference in RMSE between Case 1 (no noise) and Case 7 (noise with a magnitude of 10×σ’) was computed to be less than 1 cm/s And RMSE difference between Case 1 and Case 11 (noise with a magnitude of 200×σ’) was calculated to be less than 4.4 cm/s This implies that even with a 20-fold increase in the magnitude of noise the increase in error was less than 2.2 times the AI model demonstrated the capability of reducing the noise inherent in the observational results of CAT these experiments suggest the feasibility of conducting quality control of CAT data using an AI model Table 5 CAT observation and Bellhop Model output data used for determining standard deviation (unit: sec Table 6 RMSE of the along-path-averaged velocity between true value (KOOS model output) and the results from AI model noise test (unit: cm/s) Figure 9 Scatter plots of currents between the observations from ADCP moorings and estimations from the inverse analysis using in-situ CAT data Upper three panels are for mooring site P1 and lower three panels are for mooring site P2 Correlation coefficient (R) and RMSE values between the observed and estimated zonal and meridional (u and v) currents are shown in each panel “Light blue and red dots indicate u- and v-components The v-component exhibited a lower RMSE and higher correlation coefficient than the u-component which is attributed to the alignment of the current direction of the v-component with the along-channel direction Upon examining the KOOS model as of September and October 2022 it was observed that the v-component had a minimum of 3.8 times and a maximum of 9.9 times higher standard deviation in the five layers than the u-component at the nearest grid to P1 and P2 the observed currents at P1 and P2 showed a standard deviation of at least 2.3 times and up to 6.1 times higher for the v-component than for the u-component in the five layers This indicates a significant deviation between the two components of the current velocity in the KOOS model used to develop the proposed method in this study These characteristics of the KOOS model output and its spatial resolution of 300 m appear to account for the differences between the components in the validation results This issue may be addressed in a future study by improving our 3-D current field inverse method by utilizing a high-resolution coastal ocean model with spatial and temporal resolutions of 100 m and 30 min we propose a new method for estimating the three-dimensional current field by combining AI and inverse methods Ray-tracing simulations were performed using the Bellhop model and the range-averaged currents at five layers and six simulation paths were obtained from the AI model The inverse method is applied to each of the five horizontal layers The significance of this study can be summarized as follows: the 3-D current field was estimated for the first time by combining AI and inverse methods The CAT in-situ observations are theoretically capable of identifying rays passing through all layers making it difficult to estimate current fields in the vertical sections of the experimental paths An AI model was employed to obtain the current fields in the vertical sections applying the EOF of the current fields to the inverse method simplified the coastal boundary condition problem by incorporating the current-field characteristics of the domain through the first five EOF modes the noise test of the AI model showed that it can handle the noise generated by the observations; 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