Iran became the world's leading nanotechnology Olympiad team in the business section at the First South Korean International Nanotechnology Olympiad.  

South Korea will invest in the construction of a solar power plant in Zarandieh, central Iran. A South Korean delegation visited an area in Markazi Province, Iran, where a solar power plant is to be built, reported China's Xinhua News Agency.  

An exhibition of Iranian hand arts, including paintings and kilims, has opened in Seoul. It will run until 26 November 2017. According to the Secretariat of the Handicrafts Organization, the opening ceremony of the exhibition entitled “Talented hands” took place in Seoul on 23 November.  

The 2017 ICOM ASPAC - International Council of Museums Asia-Pacific Alliance – meeting has kicked off in Chabahar this morning to discuss the management of crises in museums and ratify decisions made in a previous meeting.  

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties between the IR of Iran and the Republic of Korea in the south, an exhibition of selected Iranian metal arts will be staged in association with the S Korean Embassy.  

Iran’s Minister of Petroleum has announced readiness for talks with all oil companies, including those is the US, for oil and gas projects.  

On 15 October 2017, Reuters in Seoul writes that South Korea’s imports of Iranian crude oil hit the highest level in six months in September amid Iran’s push to regain its lost market share during years it was under sanctions over its nuclear programme.  

Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council (INIC) Director has said that the volume of nanotechnology produced in Iran surpassed 79 billion tomans in 2013 to reach 309 billion tomans in 2015. He added: ‘Presently, domestic products are exported to 21 countries.’