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Dr. Hwang Woo Suk watches a member of his team Thursday work on pig and cow
eggs Thursday for ongoing cloning projects at his laboratory at Seoul National University
in Seoul. Hwang and his team released a ground-breaking study May 19. His team
created 11 unique stem cell lines, refining a cloning technique that takes genetic material
out of a human egg and inserts new material from a patient, creating stem cells that are a
perfect DNA match. (May 29, 2005)

Far Eastern Economic Review, International Herald Tribune

Sgt. Charles Robert Jenkins - accused by the U.S. military of deserting by walking across
the Demilitarized Zone while on patrol in South Korea in January 1965, sits in his Tokyo
hospital bed on Aug. 30, 2004. The 64-year-old soldier is offering to share his knowledge of
North Korea in exchange for leniency from the U.S. military. (Photo ran on Page 17 of the
Sept. 9, 2004, Far Eastern Economic Review and Page 8 of the Sept. 2, 2004, edition of the
International Herald Tribune. The photo was carried by the Associated Press.

Pacific Stars and Stripes

Staff Sgt. James D. Cork and other soldiers watch the ridge line as other soldiers come
back from a patrol in the Demilitarized Zone. Considered an elite job, U.S. scouts who
guard the DMZ say it's a great chance to keep up their infantry skills. (Cover shot, Aug.
23, 2002)

Pvt. Bret Bigbie, part of a U.S. Army scout platoon, eyes the woods during a recent
patrol in the Demilitarized Zone. (Aug. 23, 2002)

Army Lt. Col. William Miller briefs President George W. Bush and U.S. Forces Korea
commander Thomas A. Schwartz Wednesday as they gaze into North Korea at an outpost
along the Demilitarized Zone. (Feb. 21, 2002)

Two women try on hanboks, the traditional Korean dress, on the grounds of Gyeongbok
Palace in Seoul. Korea’s power structure was historically centered within this complex,
which marked the beginning of Korea’s Chosun Dynasty, a turbulent 500-year period in
which the country struggled against foreign powers (April 29, 2004).

North Korean army officers look inside a coffin Tuesday containing the remains of a North
Korean soldier who washed up on the eastern bank of the Imjin River on June 17. U.N.
Command officials returned the body at Panmunjom, the truce village on the border between
North and South Korea. Occasional flooding causes casualties for North Korean soldiers,
whose bodies sometimes float into South Korea. (Cover shot, June 26, 2003)

Ahn Moon-won, 35, sits with his children, Sae-sol and Hee-jong, at an anniversary rally in
downtown Seoul commemorating the deaths of two 13-year-olds run over by a U.S.
armored vehicle one year ago Friday. (Cover shot, June 15, 2003)

Korean War veterans Ronald W. Schaller, of Plainfield, Ill., and Mark Watson, of Manning,
La., pause during a moment of prayer for soldiers who died during the Korean War. About
800 veterans from 22 nations gathered at the Hyatt Hotel Friday night for the USO's "Salute
to Heroes." (Cover shot, July 28, 2003)

An Afghan girl holds a national flag to celebrate the start of construction on the Cheheltan
School, about 11 miles south of Kabul. The $36,000 project is funded by the U.S. led
Coalition Joint Civil-Military Operations Task Force. (April 17, 2002)

Hundreds gathered Sunday at Chogyesa Temple in Seoul to celebrate Buddha's birthday.
Celebrations started this weekend and will run through Tuesday. (Cover shot, May 1, 2001)

Thousands gathered in front of Yongsan Garrison in Seoul on Saturday to protest the U.S.
military's presence in South Korea. The peaceful protesters sang songs, chanted and tried
to wrap ribbons around riot police, who kept a four-deep line in front of base walls. (Aug.
18, 2003)

A protester eyes South Korean police officers during a demonstration near City Hall in
Seoul on Wednesday. South Korean students demanded changes in how U.S. forces
are treated under South Korean law. (Cover shot, Aug. 2, 2002)