Report Says that University Has Found Korean First Lady Plagarized Her Master’s Thesis
It is amazing how many of Korea’s elites have been involved with plagiarism to attain their degrees:
South Korean first lady Kim Keon Hee’s master’s thesis submitted to Sookmyung Women’s University looks set to be deemed plagiarized, according to local reports Tuesday.
In 1999, Kim earned a master’s degree in art education from the Graduate School of Education at Sookmyung. Plagiarism allegations first surfaced decades later, in December 2021, as scrutiny of her credentials intensified after her husband, Yoon Suk Yeol, emerged as a strong presidential candidate at the time.
Following an accusation filed by an alumnae group calling themselves the “Democratic Alumnae Association,” Sookmyung’s research ethics committee officially launched a preliminary investigation into the case in February 2022. After 10 months, in December 2022, a full-fledged probe began.
The process was criticized for taking an unusually long time, far exceeding the 60-day period designated for a preliminary review and the 30 days within which a decision to launch a full investigation should have been made.
Finally this January, the university concluded that Kim in fact committed plagiarism.
You can read more at the link, but Kim Keon-hee may lost her Master’s degree and possibly even her Phd due to this plagiarism finding.
