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Reports on the April 13, 1998 agreement of Bowater Incorporated to acquire a South Korean newsprint mill from the Halla Pulp and Paper Company for $175 million. When Bowater announced that it was in negotiations to purchase a stake in the mill; Benefits of the acquisition to Bowater; Performance of Bowater's shares after the announcement.

Reports that Bowater Inc. has signed a letter of intent to buy Sepoong Corporation's paper mill in South Korea. Value of the acquisition deal.

Presents world news briefs relating to business and finance as of October 23, 2002. Dispute between Russian vodka exporter Soyuzplodimport and the Russian Agriculture Ministry over rights to vodka brands; Loss for Finnish paper company Stora Enso; Complaint by the European Union concerning South Korea's subsidized shipbuilding; Others.

Discusses Japan's financial crisis. Growth of the economy that has not been sustained; Governments that have attempted to resolve the crisis; Example of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi; Competition with China and South Korea; History of Japan's economy; Debt that the nation faces.

The article discusses scientific fraud. A review panel that examined the journal "Science's" publication of two papers on cloning and stem cells by the disgraced scientist Woo Suk Hwang concluded that top science journals should develop stronger safeguards against fraud and should no longer rely on the assumption of trust that has governed science for centuries. The case that prompted the suggestions began in 2004 when Dr. Hwang, formerly a veterinarian at Seoul National University, and his colleagues published a paper alleging that they had cloned a human embryo and created a line of stem cells from the clone, which later turned out to be fraudulent.

The article focuses on the stabbing incident involving Lee Jae-myung, the leader of South Korea's main opposition party, revealing that the accused attacker had been stalking him in recent weeks, attending political events where Lee was present, and the attack has deeply shocked the nation.

The article focuses on the reaction of South Korea to the revelation of false scientific claims of researcher Woo Suk Hwang regarding stem cell lines. Hwang, the South Korean stem-cell researcher at Seoul National University who reportedly cloned the first human stem cell and the first dog, was flying high only two months ago, both in the international arena of science and as an honored citizen of his own country. Researchers, physicians, and ordinary people around the world pinned their hopes on the bold claims that he made about his research, that it might lead to cures for myriad illnesses and disabilities. South Koreans viewed Hwang as the embodiment of their hope to become a "world class" democracy and their desire to leave decades of military dictatorship behind them.

The article reports that South Korean stem-cell researcher, Woo Suk Hwang, has turned out to be a master of deception. An investigative panel convened by Seoul National University reported last week that Hwang never managed to create stem-cell lines from cloned human embryos, as he had reported in much-heralded papers in the journal "Science," in 2004 and 2005. Hwang rose to prominence after reporting success in cloning a cow and he reached star status in 2004.

The article focuses on false scientific claims of researcher Woo Suk Hwang in South Korea, regarding stem cell lines. His research is reported in the May 2005 issue of the journal "Science." The announcement that a South Korean researcher created stem-cell lines from cloned embryos united scientists in hope. Now revelations of fraud have researchers investigating his work. Hwang reported that his team had created 11 lines of stem cells from cloned human embryos. The stem cells were purportedly tailored from the DNA of individual patients, lending hope that researchers would soon be able to make personalized stem cells for patients suffering from diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and other illnesses. The test results indicate that the stem cells actually came from fertilized eggs rather than cloned embryos. Gloom, embarrassment, and a sense of national shame shrouded South Koreans as they learned that nine of the 11 cell lines were faked and that the other two lines needed to be analyzed further.

The article presents information about the indictment of Woo Suk Hwang, a South Korean scientist who led a stem-cell research team to produce findings that were later determined to be fabricated. Woo Suk Hwang was charged with fraud, bioethics violations, and embezzling some $3-million. If convicted of the charges, he could spend as much as 10 years in prison. According to newspaper reports, five members of his research team face lesser charges. After a five-month criminal investigation, prosecutors said that Woo Suk Hwang had used false research results to attract $2-million in private donations and had embezzled $900,000 more in state and private funds. The indictment also said he had purchased human eggs for his research, a practice that is illegal under South Korea's bioethics laws. Woo Suk Hwang was a professor at Seoul National University until he was fired in March 2006. The scientist had published two research papers in the periodical "Science," in 2004 and 2005. He had claimed to have cloned human embryos and created stem cells from those clones. In January 2006, a university panel determined that his results had been fabricated.

This article reports that Seoul National University in South Korea, has fired Woo Suk Hwang, the once-heralded stem-cell scientist, when the university determined he had fabricated research results. The Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper, reported that the university had issued suspensions, ranging from two to three months, to other faculty members who were part of Woo Suk Hwang's stem-cell team. A university panel found in January that Dr. Hwang had faked data for two papers he had published in Science, in 2004 and 2005. The veterinarian had claimed to have cloned human embryos and developed lines of stem cells from those clones, raising hope that such tailor-made stem cells could be used to treat patients with illnesses like diabetes and Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases.

DURING the past month, a newspaper aimed at the city's South Asian population reported on the diversification of the New York police force, a Chinese-language paper explored the heated rivalry among passenger van companies, a Pakistani paper publicized the mysterious death of a woman, and a Korean paper wrote about the reverse migration to South Korea. KIRK SEMPLE The Colors of Blue: Police Dept. Diversifies [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Hwang Woo-suk, a disgraced cloning expert from South Korea who had claimed major breakthroughs in stem-cell research, was convicted Monday of falsifying his papers and embezzling government research funds. A judge sentenced him to a suspended two-year prison term, saying Dr. Hwang had shown remorse and had not taken research money for personal use. Dr. Hwang was once hailed as a national hero in the South. His school, Seoul National University, disowned him in 2005, saying that he had fabricated the papers he had published to global acclaim. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

South Korean officials have detected ''brisk'' activity at a North Korean nuclear test site, a South Korean newspaper reported Thursday, citing an unidentified South Korean government official. Last week, the North said it would carry out a second nuclear test and test launch intercontinental ballistic missiles unless the United Nations Security Council apologized for criticizing the country's April 5 rocket launching. The South Korean newspaper, Chosun Ilbo, reported that the authorities in Seoul were monitoring the movements of personnel and vehicles at a nuclear site in the northeastern county of Kilju, where the North conducted its first nuclear test in 2006. The paper quoted an unidentified South Korean government official as saying that the North was believed to be preparing to conduct a nuclear test soon. The paper did not say how South Korea obtained the intelligence. Officials at the Defense Ministry, Foreign Ministry and the National Intelligence Service said they could not confirm the report. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses that the American antimissile system built in South Korea, called the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD), can erode its nuclear deterrent which worries China. It mentions Mao Zedong dismissed the atomic bomb as a “paper tiger & China built a nuclear arsenal of its own; China conducted first nuclear test in 1964, & has developed a stable of nuclear missiles.

Focuses on Dr. Hwang Woo Suk, the South Korean research scientist whose studies on cloning and stem cells have propelled him to international stardom. He has resigned from Seoul National University after an investigative panel found that he had fabricated the paper in which he claimed to have created stem cell colonies from 11 patients. The Korean government plans to halt research funds for the 53-year-old-scientist. Advocates of stem cell research in both Korea and the U.S. are concerned that the setback could damage the image of what was already a controversial field.

Discusses the efforts of South Korean universities to improve their research and development programs as of July 23, 2004. Annual investment in research and development of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology; Discussion on the Brain Korea 21 project of the Korean education ministry; Partnerships of universities with companies for their research and development programs.

QUANG YEN, Vietnam -- In the end, Bui Van Vui lived only three months in the new house that two of his daughters, married to men in South Korea, had helped him build here. Dying of throat cancer, he had exhorted the anxious contractor to hurry, scribbling on scraps of paper after he could no longer speak. The massive two-story house dwarfed the squat concrete structure next to it, the family's old home for a quarter of a century. The new home's elegant red-tiled roof could be seen from afar in this rural corner of coastal northern Vietnam near Haiphong, rising above a landscape of dirt roads, rice paddies and banana trees. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans turned out Friday to bid a somber farewell to former President Roh Moo-hyun as anger against the current president, Lee Myung-bak, whom many blame for Mr. Roh's suicide, continued to grow. ''Goodbye, President!'' people shouted as Mr. Roh's hearse moved slowly along the main boulevard in central Seoul. Many of the mourners wore yellow hats or threw yellow paper airplanes -- Mr. Roh's campaign color was yellow -- while others followed the hearse, carrying traditional funeral streamers and chanting his name. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Flexible electronics -- the kind that might be used in ''smart'' clothing, say, or in foldable displays that could make reading news online more like reading it in print -- are still far from an everyday reality. But scientists in South Korea are reporting a significant advance toward the development of such devices. In a paper in Nature, Jae-Young Choi of the Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology and Keun Soo Kim and Byung Hee Hong of Sungkyunkwan University and colleagues describe a technique for making stretchable thin electrodes out of graphene. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

In early April, when North Korea called President Lee Myung-bak of South Korea an ''impostor,'' a ''traitor'' and an ''American running dog,'' the verbal barbs sounded all too familiar to Jin Yong-seon. He has a museum filled with them. In his Remembrance Museum in this former mining town about 90 miles east of Seoul, Mr. Jin is exhibiting 700 samples of what he calls ''paper bombs,'' the leaflets North and South Korea fired at each other from the Korean War to 2000, when reconciliation efforts prompted a cease-fire in the propaganda battle. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article discusses funding efforts in East Asian countries to grow their elite universities, finance basic research and expand access to vocational and junior colleges with a goal of driving economic development. It notes that Hong Kong and Singapore were crucial ports, but as that importance subsides they are positioning themselves as centers of innovation. China is investing in a group of universities to create technological and scientific research centers. South Korea is looking for foreign partners, and Taiwan is engaging in international recruitment. U.S. universities remain world leaders by most measures, but Asia's universities are rising. Asian economies are using the 2009 recession as an opportunity to create a better educated population and attract higher value industries.

The article discusses the level of U.S. resources devoted to higher education compared with major efforts in Asian countries. Charles M. Vest, president of the National Academy of Engineering and formerly president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says China, Korea and Singapore are engaging in major efforts to build higher education. In the U.S., he says, the same sense of urgency does not exist. He likens the situation to the obliviousness of American manufacturing during the time Japan was building its industry. Patrick M. Callan, president of the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, says the U.S. system was not designed to educate most Americans, and that education should be linked with public policy. Federal versus state planning efforts are discussed.

The author reports on steps that South Korea is taking in order to entice students to attend a local college. Steps that South Korea plans on taking to entice students to attend a local college are mentioned, such as opening up local branches of foreign universities. The author states that South Korea is also taking steps to improve the quality of research at its universities.

Presents updates on the issues affecting college students as of December 12, 2003. Number of students who took the Scholastic Ability Test in South Korea; Expulsion of several Japanese students and an instructor after a skit in Northwestern University in Xian, China.