The author investigated whether The Koreans won international science-related awards in 2018 and 2024, as for 63 internationally famous awards.
1. 2018 investigation showed no The Koreans winners at all
2. 2024 investigation showed that The Koreans (Philip Kim) living in the U.S. received Benjamin Franklin Medal in 2023
3. Investigation was based on the Japanese Wikipedia article, and the investigation was limited to internationally renowned science-related awards.
4..Nationality was used as a criterion for the survey.
Investigation in 2018
I was astonished by the above result because it was so abnormal compared to Taiwan in the terms of the number of award winners and population size.
So I started researching Korean DNA and found the following paper.
Whole genome sequencing of 35 individuals provides insights into the genetic structure of Korean population
Wenqian Zhang et al.
Published: 21 October 2014
Investigation in 2023
1. Novel prizes:Japan 25
(Including foreign nationality 31), Taiwan 1, Korea 0
2. Crafoordpriset(prizes):Japan 5, Korea 0
3. Benjamin Franklin Medal:Japan 9, Korea(Philip Kim) 1 2023
4. Schockprisen(prizes):Japan 2, Korea 0
5. Wolf Prize:Japan 9, Korea 0
6. Fields Medal:
Japan 3, vietnam 1, Korea 0
7. Abel Prize;Japan 0, Korea 0
8. Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize:Japan 1, Korea 0
9. Frank Nelson Cole Prize:Japan 4, Korea 0
10.Chern Medal:Japan 1, Korea 0
11.Turing Award:Japan 0, Korea 0
12. Henri Poincaré Prize:Japan 1, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
13. Boltzmann Award:Japan 2, Korea 0
14. Lorentz Medal:Japan 0, Korea 0
15. Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics:Japan 5, Korea 0
16. The International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science Prizes:Japan 5, Korea 0
17. James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials:Japan 7, Korea 0
18. Giuliano Preparata Medal:Japan 4, Korea 0
19. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics:Japan 2, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
20. Giuliano Preparata Medal:Japan 4, Korea 0
21. Dirac Medal:Japan 1, Korea 0
22. annie Heineman Prize:Japan 3, Korea 0
23. Panofsky Prize:Japan 4, Korea 0
24. Peter Debye Award:Japan 0, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
25. Panofsky Prize:Japan 4, Korea 0
26. Bruno Rossi Prize:Japan 1, Korea 0
27. Премия имени Бруно Понтекорво:Japan 5, Korea 0
28. Bernd T. Matthias Prize:Japan 1, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
29. Robert-Koch-Preis:Japan 4, Korea 0
30. Wiley Prize:Japan 2, Korea 0
31. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award:Japan 6, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
32. Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award:Japan 1, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
33. William B. Coley Award:Japan 4, Korea 0
34. Warren Alpert Foundation Prize:Japan 2, Korea 0
35. Canada Gairdner International Award:Japan 13, Korea 0
36. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research:Japan 1, Korea 0
37. Shaw Prize:Japan 12, Korea 0
38. Paul-Ehrlich-und-Ludwig-Darmstaedter-Preis:Japan 5, Korea 0
39. Meyenburg-Preis:Japan 2, Korea 0
40. Massry Prize:Japan 2, Korea 0
41. Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award:Japan 1,Taiwan 1, Korea 0
42. Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award:Japan 4, Korea 0
43. Davy Medal:Japan 1, Korea 0
44. Arthur C. Cope Award:Japan 2, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
45. Ernest Guenther Award :Japan 7,, Korea 0
46. Welch Award:Japan 2, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
47. Chirality Medal:Japan 7, Korea 0
48. Gregori Aminoff Prize:Japan 3, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
49. Scheele Award:Japan 1, Korea 0
50. The Tetrahedron Prize:Japan 7, Korea 0
51. Heinrich-Wieland-Preis:Japan 2, Korea 0
52. March of Dimes and Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize:Japan 2, Korea 0
53. Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize:Japan 1, Korea 0
54. The Roger Adams Award:Japan 2, Korea 0
55. Ernst Schering Preis:Japan 2, Korea 0
56. Crafoordpriset:Japan 4, Korea 0
57. Darwin Medal:Japan 1, Korea 0
58. Heinrich-Wieland-Preis:Japan 2, Korea 0
59. March of Dimes and Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize:Japan 1, Korea 0
60. Jakob Eriksson Prize:Japan 1, Korea 0
61. Crafoordpriset:Japan 4, Korea 0
62. F.W. Clarke Medal:Japan 1, Korea 0
63. Arthur L. Day Prize:Japan 1, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
1. 2018 investigation showed no The Koreans winners at all
2. 2024 investigation showed that The Koreans (Philip Kim) living in the U.S. received Benjamin Franklin Medal in 2023
3. Investigation was based on the Japanese Wikipedia article, and the investigation was limited to internationally renowned science-related awards.
4..Nationality was used as a criterion for the survey.
Investigation in 2018
| Nationality | Total number of award winners | population |
| Japan | at least 195 |
about 1,268,000,000 |
| South Korea | 0 | about 51,590,000 |
| Taiwan | 11 | about 23,730.000 |
I was astonished by the above result because it was so abnormal compared to Taiwan in the terms of the number of award winners and population size.
So I started researching Korean DNA and found the following paper.
Whole genome sequencing of 35 individuals provides insights into the genetic structure of Korean population
Wenqian Zhang et al.
Published: 21 October 2014
Investigation in 2023
| Nationality | Total number of award winners | population |
| Japan | at least 211 |
about 1,245,000,000 |
| South Korea | 1 | about 51,710,000 |
| Taiwan | 13 | about 23,420.000 |
1. Novel prizes:Japan 25
(Including foreign nationality 31), Taiwan 1, Korea 0
2. Crafoordpriset(prizes):Japan 5, Korea 0
3. Benjamin Franklin Medal:Japan 9, Korea(Philip Kim) 1 2023
4. Schockprisen(prizes):Japan 2, Korea 0
5. Wolf Prize:Japan 9, Korea 0
6. Fields Medal:
Japan 3, vietnam 1, Korea 0
7. Abel Prize;Japan 0, Korea 0
8. Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize:Japan 1, Korea 0
9. Frank Nelson Cole Prize:Japan 4, Korea 0
10.Chern Medal:Japan 1, Korea 0
11.Turing Award:Japan 0, Korea 0
12. Henri Poincaré Prize:Japan 1, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
13. Boltzmann Award:Japan 2, Korea 0
14. Lorentz Medal:Japan 0, Korea 0
15. Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics:Japan 5, Korea 0
16. The International Society for Condensed Matter Nuclear Science Prizes:Japan 5, Korea 0
17. James C. McGroddy Prize for New Materials:Japan 7, Korea 0
18. Giuliano Preparata Medal:Japan 4, Korea 0
19. Subramanyan Chandrasekhar Prize of Plasma Physics:Japan 2, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
20. Giuliano Preparata Medal:Japan 4, Korea 0
21. Dirac Medal:Japan 1, Korea 0
22. annie Heineman Prize:Japan 3, Korea 0
23. Panofsky Prize:Japan 4, Korea 0
24. Peter Debye Award:Japan 0, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
25. Panofsky Prize:Japan 4, Korea 0
26. Bruno Rossi Prize:Japan 1, Korea 0
27. Премия имени Бруно Понтекорво:Japan 5, Korea 0
28. Bernd T. Matthias Prize:Japan 1, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
29. Robert-Koch-Preis:Japan 4, Korea 0
30. Wiley Prize:Japan 2, Korea 0
31. Albert Lasker Basic Medical Research Award:Japan 6, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
32. Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award:Japan 1, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
33. William B. Coley Award:Japan 4, Korea 0
34. Warren Alpert Foundation Prize:Japan 2, Korea 0
35. Canada Gairdner International Award:Japan 13, Korea 0
36. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research:Japan 1, Korea 0
37. Shaw Prize:Japan 12, Korea 0
38. Paul-Ehrlich-und-Ludwig-Darmstaedter-Preis:Japan 5, Korea 0
39. Meyenburg-Preis:Japan 2, Korea 0
40. Massry Prize:Japan 2, Korea 0
41. Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award:Japan 1,Taiwan 1, Korea 0
42. Lewis S. Rosenstiel Award:Japan 4, Korea 0
43. Davy Medal:Japan 1, Korea 0
44. Arthur C. Cope Award:Japan 2, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
45. Ernest Guenther Award :Japan 7,, Korea 0
46. Welch Award:Japan 2, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
47. Chirality Medal:Japan 7, Korea 0
48. Gregori Aminoff Prize:Japan 3, Taiwan 1, Korea 0
49. Scheele Award:Japan 1, Korea 0
50. The Tetrahedron Prize:Japan 7, Korea 0
51. Heinrich-Wieland-Preis:Japan 2, Korea 0
52. March of Dimes and Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize:Japan 2, Korea 0
53. Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize:Japan 1, Korea 0
54. The Roger Adams Award:Japan 2, Korea 0
55. Ernst Schering Preis:Japan 2, Korea 0
56. Crafoordpriset:Japan 4, Korea 0
57. Darwin Medal:Japan 1, Korea 0
58. Heinrich-Wieland-Preis:Japan 2, Korea 0
59. March of Dimes and Richard B. Johnston, Jr., MD Prize:Japan 1, Korea 0
60. Jakob Eriksson Prize:Japan 1, Korea 0
61. Crafoordpriset:Japan 4, Korea 0
62. F.W. Clarke Medal:Japan 1, Korea 0
63. Arthur L. Day Prize:Japan 1, Taiwan 1, Korea 0