As of Wednesday morning (Korean time),  South Korea ranked 10th in the medal standing for the Sochi Winter Olympics.Below are the medal standings at the Sochi Winter Olympics Rank    Country          Gold    Silver   Bronze     Total   1     Norway            4        3        4        11   2     Canada            4        3        2         9   3     Germany           4        1        0         5   4     Netherlands       3        2        3         8   5     United States     2        1      

서울대 재직 때 만든 것…'재현성'·'줄기세포 연구복귀' 논란 커질 듯황우석 전 교수가 서울대 수의대에 재직하던 시절 황 전 교수 연구팀이 만들었던 '1번 인간 배아줄기세포(NT-1)'가 미국에서 11일(현지시간) 특허 등록됐다.이는 미국 특허청이 NT-1 줄기세포주를 체세포 복제방식의 배아줄기세포로 받아 들인 것으로 풀이돼 향후 황 전 교수의 줄기세포 연구 복귀 논란에 어떤 영향을  미 칠지 주목된다. 미국 특허상표청(USPTO)은 이날 특허전자공시시스템으로 '인간 체세포  복제배아 에서 유래한 인간 배아줄기세포주(영문명 A human embryonic stem cell line prepar ed by nuclear transfer of a human somatic cell into an enucleated human oocyte )'의 특허등록(제8,647,872호) 사실을 공개했다.발명자는 노성일 미즈메디병원 이사장, 황우석 전 교수, 이병천 서울대 수의대 교수, 강성근 전 서

South Korea remained without a medal after the third day of competition at the Sochi Winter Olympics on Monday, as short trackers and speed skaters fell short of expectations.Speed skater Mo Tae-bum finished fourth in the men's 500 meters. He was trying to defend his Olympic gold, but Michel Mulder led the Dutch sweep of the medals in the sprint event.In the two-race event, Mo finished with 69.69 seconds, 0.38 second behind Mulder. Three other South Koreans, Lee Kyou-hyuk, Kim Jun-ho and Lee Kan

Tensions tightened on the Korean peninsula Monday, as North Korea cancelled a US envoy's visit over a jailed Korean American, and Seoul and Washington set dates for military drills denounced by Pyongyang.Frictions with Pyongyang will dominate the agenda when US Secretary of State John Kerry makes a brief visit to Seoul later this week as part of an Asia tour.The US State Department said it was "deeply disappointed" by the North's decision to rescind its invitation to Robert King, the US special

South Korean organizers of the 2018 Winter Olympics say there have been no talks with North Korea about forming a joint team for the games.Leaders of the 2018 Games in Pyeongchang, who are in Sochi to observe operations, marked the four-year countdown Sunday to the start of the first Winter Olympics in Korea.Pyeongchang is located in northeast South Korea near the demilitarized zone that separates the two Koreas. Its province was divided between the North and South Korean sides after the 1950-53