Abstract
SEOUL— South Korea's research community is worried that former construction magnate Lee Myung-bak could bulldoze the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST) when he takes over as president on 25 February. As part of his pro-business, small-government agenda, Lee has pledged to eliminate four of 18 ministries, with final details to come. Speculation is rampant that the science ministry's education components—including management of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)—will be handed to the Education Ministry, while the rest of MOST is folded into other ministries. Merging MOST with the Ministry of Education may only weaken it, KAIST president Suh Nam-pyo wrote in a statement last week.
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