Theresa Kim Hwa-young

The National Statistics Office presented indicators for the years 2004/2005. There are ever more elderly people to support and less young people to foot the bills.

The scientist said the results of his research were stolen; he contested the findings of the Seoul University inquiry which found that the stem cells created for 11 patients never existed.

The connection was set up in collaboration between the two states and it will link South Korea to the Kaesong industrial complex.

This is the first time a government body speaks out in favour of conscientious objectors. "Freedom of conscience is a primary human right which cannot be violated even in the situation of national emergency."

In an interview with a Catholic weekly, the tearful cardinal speaks about the scandals involving the therapeutic cloning "pioneer". He urges the nation "to restore the truth and honesty".

Following the resignation of the therapeutic cloning pioneer, the Presidential Advisory Committee on Bioethics announces it will inquiry into his research. Results are expected for December 13.

The Office of Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation is the first permanent South Korean government agency to open in the North with Pyongyang's approval since partition.

In a news conference, Mgr Augustine Cheong Myeng-cho outlined his pastoral agenda

The programme took a year of work. It is developed in 50 units and allows those who complete them to be baptised. The director of the project says: "It's just a new way of remaining abreast with society".

"With this Korean translation, God can come closer to us," says Cardinal Kim.

South Korean scientists adopt an ethics protocol to ensure respect for human life in embryonic stem cell research.

Seoul government and opposition disagree about overtures to Pyongyang