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The article focuses on Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea's Professor Hwang Woo Suk's successful cloning of a dog which is a truly remarkable achievement that has elevated the status of Korea in the world of science. Hwang Woo Suk's papers have been consecutively published as the feature stories in such highly acclaimed scientific journals as Science and Nature,when the majority of scientists regard the publication of their papers in such journals to a once-in-a-lifetime honor, further serves to highlight the true significance of his achievements. According to the author, the government and the general public should join hands to create an environment conducive to scientific research so that Korea's life science, which has managed to bloom despite almost infertile soil, does not wither away.

Provides information on the research paper entitled "Recreational Reading in English As a Foreign Language in Korea: Positive Effects of a Sixteen-Week Program," by Kyung-Sook Cho and Hey-Jung Kim. Composition of the reading and writing tests; Conclusion that the provision of a rich supply of high-interest storybooks is a feasible policy for improving English learning.

The article looks at the possible scientific fraud perpetrated by stem-cell researcher Hwang Woo-suk in South Korea. Hwang, of Seoul National University, made headlines when he published a paper in which he claimed to have derived lines of stem cells from cloned human embryos. Co-author Roh Sung-il claimed Hwang had admitted falsifying data on nine of the 11 stem-cell lines that formed the basis of his findings. Despite being on the list of authors, Roh, who is the head of the MizMedi Women's Hospital, an infertility clinic in Seoul, and who had collaborated with Hwang in the past, said he was not aware of the paper until after it had been published.

The article presents an update on an internal investigation about two high-profile papers by scientist Tae Kook Kim conducted by the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Taejon, South Korea. According to Lee Gyun Min, chair of KAIST's Department of Biological Sciences and head of the internal investigation committee, their initial investigative results are strong enough to convince them that the papers do not contain any scientific truth. The school suspended Kim on February 28, 2008.