Korea’s stem-cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk arrives on the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul, June 20, 2006. Korea Times file
Korea’s highest science and expertise award introduced in 2004 to former Seoul National University professor Hwang Woo-suk whose stem cell analysis was later discovered to have been fabricated was revoked this week, 22 years after it was conferred, the inside ministry mentioned Wednesday.
The science ministry requested the inside ministry in March to revoke Hwang’s Top Science and Technology Award, in keeping with ministry officers.
The inside ministry sought presidential approval for the revocation Tuesday and the approval was granted the identical day, they mentioned.
Hwang is a disgraced stem cell scientist who was present in 2005 to have used solid information for a analysis paper to assert to have created the world’s first cloned human embryo.
The award is a presidential honor introduced to scientists and technologists who’ve made important contributions to the nation’s scientific and technological improvement.
Hwang obtained the award and a prize of 300 million gained ($201,200) in 2004 in recognition of his achievements in human embryonic stem cell analysis. After his fabricated analysis paper was disclosed, nonetheless, Hwang was dismissed from Seoul National University in 2006.
The authorities beforehand revoked Hwang’s award in 2020 however carried out the revocation course of once more after a courtroom dominated that the preliminary revocation was invalid as a result of procedural flaws.