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Singer Jinyoung Hong, eventually “I will return the newspaper”
“When I think about it, the clothes that don’t fit
Hong Jin-young thesis plagiarism controversy / photo = Hankyung DB
Singer Hong Jin-young has apologized for the controversy over the plagiarism of his master’s thesis and announced that he would return the thesis.
On the 6th, Hong Jin-young, who was surrounded by controversy about plagiarism, said, “First, I am sorry to say hello about unpleasant things. I have lived a lot for the last 10 years with sweat and tears shed, but it also bothers me when it That rumor occurs to me. Sorry for the concern. “I apologize.”
Hong Jin-young said, “I got my master’s thesis at graduate school in 2009. I divided my time and consulted with my advisor to do my best to do the thesis,” he said. “But what was considered customary at the time is now judged by only a small percentage. So no matter what I say, it can only sound like an excuse, so it’s frustrating and annoying.”
Hong Jin-young said: “I think this is also part of my responsibility. Now I think the clothes did not fit me. It seems I was too greedy. Sorry. I am infinitely sad to be caught up in this controversy no matter the reason.” . And looking back at the past, I regret if there was something else that I was greedy for. I’m sorry. I was not there “.
“I’m going to return my master’s and doctoral thesis. That’s the best I can do,” said Jinyoung Hong. “This is all my disrespect and my fault. I am deeply sorry again for causing concern to many people.” did.
After the controversy over the plagiarism of Hong Jin-young’s master’s and doctoral thesis, the media published an interview with Mr. A, a former business professor at Chosun University who taught Jin-young Hong .
Mr. A said, “In light of the experience of awarding credit for all courses, including Hong Jin-young, undergraduate, master’s, and PhD, all these theses are false. I cannot deny the fact that Hong’s father Jin-young was a teacher at the same school. I can’t, “he said in an interview.
Mr. A also argued, “The article that Hong Jin-young’s master’s thesis plagiarism rate is 74% is incorrect. It is 99.9%, not 74%. I have rarely seen Jinyoung. Hong in school. Both the master’s thesis and the doctoral thesis are bogus.
Earlier on the 5th, a controversy arose about plagiarism in Hong Jin-young’s master’s thesis at Chosun University’s Department of Commerce, “A study on the trend of the cultural content industry through Hallyu “. As a result of the ‘Copy Killer’ test, a plagiarism review site, Jinyoung Hong’s thesis recorded a plagiarism rate of 74%. According to CopyKiller, Hong Jin-young’s master’s thesis had 124 identical sentences matching 6 words out of 556 sentences, and 365 sentences were suspected of being plagiarism.
On the day the controversy arose, an official from Hong Jin-young’s management company IH Entertainment said, “Hong Jin-young faithfully participated in the research and writing process of her master’s thesis’ Study on the trend of the cultural content industry through Hallyu ‘in the Commerce Department of Chosun University. ” I conveyed the opinion of the professor in charge.
According to the professor, it was in 2009 that Hong Jin-young was reviewed for his master’s thesis, and at that time, there was a tendency for a lot of comments to be added as citation and reference content in the thesis review. Professor Lee said it was a time when many appointments were required to pass the thesis review.
“The copy removal system has been mandatory in universities since 2015 and began filtering more than 50% of plagiarism. The plagiarism rate is inevitably high when reviewing papers reviewed in 2009, when the system did not exist.” did.
Jang Ji-min, Guest Reporter for Hankyung.com [email protected]
