All posts tagged "Plagiarism"

  • Professors and publishers have repeatedly republished books by just changing the names of the authors and a few words since the 1980s. (Yonhap)
    179 S. Korean professors to stand trial over plagiarism

    UIJEONGBU, South Korea (Yonhap) — Nearly 200 university professors have been caught on charges of committing plagiarism by publishing existing books written by other authors under their names, prosecutors said Monday. The Uijeongbu District Prosecutors’ Office probing the...

    • Posted December 15, 2015
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  • Shin Kyung-sook (Yonhap)
    Novelist Shin Kyung-sook apologizes: ‘plagiarism allegations appear justified’

    Renowned South Korean novelist Shin Kyung-sook, embroiled in a plagiarism scandal, broke her silence Tuesday and issued an apology. “No matter how hard I try, I cannot remember ever reading the Japanese book in question, but the plagiarism...

    • Posted June 23, 2015
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