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Trot singer Hong Jin-young announced that he would return all of his master’s and doctorate degrees amid controversy over plagiarism of his master’s thesis. Hankook Ilbo Data Photo
Trot’s singer Hong Jin-young announced that he would return all of his master’s and doctorate degrees amid controversy over the plagiarism of his master’s thesis.
Hong Jin-young said on her SNS on the 6th, “First of all, I’m sorry to say hello about the unpleasant things. I have lived a lot over the past 10 years with sweat and tears shed, but it also bothers me when this rumor occurs to me. I’m sorry for the concern. I sincerely apologize. I’ll give it to you. “
“I got my thesis for a master’s degree from graduate school in 2009. I divided my time and consulted with my supervisor to do everything possible to do the thesis,” he explained. “But the parts that passed without any problem at the time are now only ‘a small percentage.’ He was judged like, so whatever I say, it can only be seen as an excuse, and I’m frustrated and upset. “
Along with this, Hong Jin-young said, “I think this is also part of my responsibility. Now I think it was clothes that did not fit me. It seems that I was too greedy. regardless of the reason. ” And looking back, I apologize for the controversy, saying, “I’m so sorry. I’m not good enough.”
Finally, he said, “I will return my master’s and doctorate degrees. That is the best way I can do it. This is all my scorn and my fault. I am deeply sorry again that I have caused so many people concern.” He lowered his head again.
At the beginning of the 5th, Hong Jin-young reported that a media outlet, a master’s thesis at Chosun University Commerce Department, recorded 74% plagiarism rate as a result of the review site inspection plagiarism ‘Copy Killer’ in the ‘Study on the trends of the cultural content industry through Hallyu’.
CopyKiller is a representative plagiarism detection program in Korea, it has more than 6 billion cases of big data and is used as a plagiarism checking program with the public trust. Currently, there is no legal standard regarding the plagiarism rate, but considering that the plagiarism rate is usually 15-25% as the standard for plagiarism, arguments were raised that Hong Jin-young’s master’s thesis had a high plagiarism rate and the controversy spread.
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