2022 Seoul International Fireworks Festival

ENG: Hanwha Group is a large business conglomerate in South Korea, founded in 1952 as Korea Explosives Co. The group has grown into a large multi-profile business conglomerate, with diversified holdings like chemicals and materials, construction, financial services, leisure and lifestyle, and e-sports.

The Seoul International Fireworks Festival is one of Hanwha’s key corporate social responsibility activities that began in 2000. This is a jointly organized event by the Hanwha Group and Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) and sponsored by the city of Seoul and the Korea Creative Content Agency. The show has wowed over a million spectators every year, providing an unforgettable autumn evening of memories for families, couples and friends.

This year’s fireworks festival took place on 8th October, and featured three teams from Japan, Italy and Korea, under the theme “We hope again”, spreading the message of encouragement to everyone who had gone through a tough time due to COVID-19.

You can enjoy the atmosphere and fireworks show from Seoul Walker’s video.

Credit: Seoul Walker
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When making a detour is faster

ENG: Autonomous optimal navigation of microswimmers is in fact possible, as researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization showed. In contrast to the targeted navigation of boats, the motion of swimmers at the microscale is strongly disturbed by fluctuations. The researchers now described a navigation strategy for microswimmers that does not need an external interpreter. Their findings may contribute to the understanding of transport mechanisms in the microcosm as well as to applications such as targeted drug delivery.

Credit: Max Planck Institute
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