SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea plans to strip disgraced scientist Hwang Woo-suk and six of his collaborators of state medals for their once heralded and now debunked work on stem cell studies, the prime minister's office said on Tuesday.
Hwang, once hailed as a hero in South Korea, is on trial on charges of fraud, embezzlement and violating a bioethics law.
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