Korean Air Gives Free Flights to Scientist
Posted on: Monday, 6 June 2005, 09:00 CDT
SEOUL, South Korea -- South Korea's national airline thinks so highly of the country's pioneering stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk that it has awarded him and his wife free first class flights for a decade.
Calling Hwang a "national treasure," Korean Air Chairman Cho Yang-ho said in a statement Friday that he hoped the flight benefits will contribute to his research.
Hwang has said he normally travels in economy class to save money in his limited research budgets.
The airline awarded Hwang and his wife a certificate Friday granting them both 10 years of first class travel for free, said Lee Hyung-woo, a manager at the airline.
A professor at Seoul National University, Hwang recently grabbed the world's attention by concocting stem cell lines that genetically match patients in need. His team also successfully cloned a human embryo last year.
Korean Air has previously granted similar flying perks to former national soccer coach Gus Hiddink and Bae Yong-joon, an actor widely popular in Japan.
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