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It is apparently that the shortage of highly qualified scientists in Korea is not due to a lack of native ability on the part of the Korean population.  On the contrary, able, hardworking and talented Korean students are educated in great numbers and at considerable expense each year.  In the science fields, many of the ablest Koreans have pursued their advanced training abroad and have not returned to Korea because of a lack of suitable opportunities.  Many of them might be induced to return by a combination of factors including adequate salaries and facilities, and if possible some modification of the requirement for three years of military service.

We encountered several examples of the reverse of this "brain brain", where capable, patriotic, and idealistic young Korean scientists trained in the United States and Japan were brought back to accept employment in Korean institutions.

This occurred in connection with the staffing of the Atomic Energy Research Institute and of the Research Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.  These two institutions,