Singer Jinyoung Hong. [사진 일간스포츠]
– While Chosun University has tentatively concluded that singer Hong Jin-young’s master’s thesis was plagiarized, MBC’s’It’s Glad if You Don’t Fight’ decided to get off the fixed member Hong Jin-young.
On the 15th, the production crew of MBC entertainment program’If you don’t fight, there will be a change in the cast composition,’ said, “Hong Jin-young will get off the program.”
The program was edited by Hong Jin-young in the broadcast on the 28th of last month as Hong Jin-young was surrounded by suspicion of plagiarism. On this day, when Chosun University came up with a tentative conclusion that Hong Jin-young’s master’s thesis was plagiarism, it seems that the program production team officially officialized Hong Jin-young’s exit.
Hong Jin-young and his family appeared on SBS’s entertainment show’My Ugly Little Boy’ also decided to withhold their appearance for the time being. On the 30th of last month, SBS said, “In relation to the recent thesis plagiarism controversy, his mother decided not to participate in the recording for the time being, as the items related to Hong Jin-young will not be dealt with in the broadcast.
According to Chosun University on that day, the Research Integrity Committee under the University Research Ethics Institute investigated whether Hong Jin-young’s master’s thesis was plagiarism, and determined it as plagiarism.
The Graduate School Committee plans to make a final decision about plagiarism next week after hearing Hong Jin-young’s opinion by the 18th. If the master’s thesis is concluded with plagiarism, Jinyoung Hong’s master’s degree is expected to be cancelled.
Hong Jin-young received a master’s degree from the Department of Trade at Chosun University in 2009 with a thesis titled’A Study on the Trend of Cultural Contents Industry through Hallyu’. In 2012, he received his doctorate from the same graduate school.
However, early last month, a media reported that the plagiarism rate reached 74% as a result of examining Jinyoung Hong’s master’s thesis on’Copy Killer’, a plagiarism deliberation site, belatedly suspicious of plagiarism.
As the controversy spread, Hong Jin-young apologized, saying, “Everything is unconcerned and wrong,” and “I will return my master’s and bachelor’s degree.
However, immediately after apologizing, Hong Jin-young was forced to appear in music programs and entertainment programs, including KBS’Open Concert,’ and viewers’ opinions asking for Hong Jin-young to get off were posted on the program bulletin board.
Reporter Jeong Hye-jeong [email protected]
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