SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A number of South Korean celebrities have recently come under fire for plagiarizing academic papers. Singer Hong Jin-young and popular history lecturer Seol Min-seok recently issued official apologies following accusations that they had committed plagiarism while writing their master’s theses. Experts argue that thesis requirements for public figures and [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — It has been reported that a Chinese broadcasting company has stolen the concept of a South Korean show and even sold the program to foreign markets. According to the broadcasting industry, Hunan TV, China’s largest satellite broadcaster, aired a show called “Super–Vocal” late last year, which copied South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The practice of plagiarism of Korean variety television programs by Chinese program producers has become even more explicit recently. Lacking an effective resolution, Korean producers have no way to fight back as of yet. Earlier in the month, China’s largest provincial satellite television channel, Hunan TV, launched a new [...]
SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) – With China’s ban on Korean products intensifying over the THAAD conflict, plagiarism and unlicensed distribution of Korean television programs are becoming more common than usual. According to local sources, three of China’s major video streaming websites – Tencent, Youku, and iQiyi – deleted all 2017 episodes of South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Oct 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Muhayu Inc., a software company specializing in plagiarism detection, said on October 28 that its “Copykiller” program has added a new feature searching for identical phrases in graphic files. The new Copykiller edition can compare footnotes, references, scanned images, and Xeroxed copies, as well as text files with its [...]