Row over Study Puts Korea's Scientific Community under Scrutiny Again
This week's BMJ investigates a bitter row over a scientific paper that is putting Korea's scientific community under scrutiny once again.
The dispute has pitted a young Korean doctor, Jeong Hwan Kim, against Kwang Yul Cha, a fertility specialist and one of the most powerful players in the country's struggle for biotech supremacy, writes journalist Jonathan Gornall. It is also threatening to disrupt Korea's efforts to recover scientific credibility in the wake of the recent scandal over Woo-Sok Hwang's stem cell research.