North Korean Premier Pak Thae-song (L) inspects a chemical fiber plant in Sinuiju, North Phyongan Province, in this undated photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency on Jan.

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a chemical engineer who specialised in glass technology in the 1900s. One of the objects at the museum is this blue wedding dress and accessories made entirely of glass fibre. The dress was worn ...

Memsift Innovations Pte Ltd has announced a research collaboration with the Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) to ...