rok advertises for expatriate , foreign scientists - the following advertisement appeared in the 14 february seoul hanguk kyongje sinmun on page 7 : invitation to apply for employment in a brain pool of high-level overseas scientists - the general federation of korean science and technology organizations , in accordance with the government 's -lrb- ministry of science and technology 's -rrb- plan to employ high-level s and t personnel -lrb- a brain pool system -rrb- , invites superior overseas scientists and technicians to south korea for work in research and development , in order to achieve the supreme national task of helping south korea enter the ranks of scientifically and technologically advanced countries by the 2000 's .