Seoul, South Korea, Jun 15, 2005 / 22:00 pm
South Korea’s most celebrated scientist, Hwang Woo-suk, met with the nation’s top Catholic cleric Wednesday to discuss the ethics of his embryonic stem-cell and cloning research.
However, the one-hour, closed-door meeting at the archbishop’s downtown office failed to advance the ethical debate, reported journalist Kim Tae-gyu.
The Seoul National University professor met with Archbishop Nicholas Cheong Jin-suk of Seoul, after the archbishop condemned Hwang’s research as unethical because it necessitates killing embryos, that is, killing human life in its initial stages.
Hwang responded by expressing his willingness to meet the archbishop and discuss the issues.