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Lee Jin-Sook, 'Chungnam National University Students': "Suspicions of Thesis Theft Are Speculation"

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"I personally carried out everything from research planning to detailed supplementation... It is natural that I am the main author" Regarding the suspicion that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education nominee Lee Jin-sook 'stealed her students' papers', her students at the time stated that it was "a speculation and a misunderstanding." On the 8th, they stated that 'Chungnam National University Department of Architectural Engineering
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There is an allegation that Minister of Education nominee Lee Jin-sook plagiarized her student's master's thesis. The nominee is also suspected of violating the Elementary and Secondary Education Act by sending two of her children to study abroad in the United States at an early age, one of whom did not even finish middle school, which is compulsory education. This is reporter Lee Tae-kwon. In July 2003, Minister of Education nominee Lee Jin-sook

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"I personally carried out everything from research planning to detailed supplementation... It is natural that I am the main author" Regarding the suspicion that Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education nominee Lee Jin-sook 'stealed her students' papers', her students at the time stated that it was "a speculation and a misunderstanding." On the 8th, they stated that 'Chungnam National University Department of Architectural Engineering

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