{
  "id": 17730219,
  "title": "Hanwha develops Korea's 1st machine-guided smart drilling system",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/02/hanwha-develops-koreas-1st-machine-guided-smart-drilling-system",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-02T02:42:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/companies/20261102/hanwha-develops-koreas-1st-machine-guided-smart-drilling-system"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hanwha Corp., the parent company of Korea's energy and defense conglomerate Hanwha Group, has developed the nation's first machine-guided smart drilling system. The technology enhances construction precision without requiring contractors to replace their existing drilling rigs. The system was demonstrated at a Samho Development construction site in Dangjin, South Chungcheong Province, alongside researchers from the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology and Korea National University of Transportation. The event marked the completion of six months of field testing under a research project led by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport and the civil engineering institute to establish construction cost standards for smart construction equipment.",
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}