Seol Min-seok acknowledges plagiarism of master’s thesis

Famous history lecturer Seol Min-seok gets off at all broadcasts.
Seol posted a post on Facebook on the 29th, saying, “I’m terrible because I didn’t meet the undeserved expectations and trust you sent me,” he said. “I will take full responsibility and get off all the shows that are appearing.” “I admit that in the process of referencing other papers, citations and footnotes were neglected. He added, “I sincerely apologize. I will learn more and study again with a humble heart,” he added.

Seol is currently appearing in tvN’s’Seol Min-suk’s Naked World History’ and MBC’s’Guys Crossing the Line Returns’. The two programs organized during the weekend primetime are advertised with relatively high viewership ratings of 5-7%, respectively.

Earlier this afternoon, the dispatch was that Seol received his master’s degree from Yonsei University’s Graduate School of Education in 2010.Thesis’Ideological Controversy Study in Korean Modern and Contemporary History Textbooks’ plagiarized other thesis. Reported.

Having worked as a lecturer in Korean history at famous online education companies such as Etus and Megastudy, he gained public awareness by appearing in MBC’Infinite Challenge’ in 2012. After that, active broadcasting activities such as SBS’Exploring the Gifted Group’ and tvN’Sometimes Adult’ continued, and he wrote 『Seol Min-seok’s Martial Arts Special Lecture on Korean History』, “Seol Min-seok’s Annals of the Joseon Dynasty,” and “Seol Min-seok’s Three Kingdoms”, etc. Gained fame.
On the 15th, when he announced his retirement at Etus, he said he would quit lectures on the Internet, which he had been active for 19 years, and there were observations that he would focus on broadcasting and public activities.

But unfortunately, around that time, a crisis struck.
On the 20th, Kwak Min-soo, director of the Korean Institute of Egyptian Studies, who majored in Egyptian archeology in the UK, pointed out the error in the’naked world history’ in which Seol appeared on social media. It is. Do not look at it,” he criticized.
Director Kwak pointed out that the Alexandria Library was founded by Alexandros of Macedon, and the connection of names such as Ptolemy and Cleopatra with the title of’Dangun’, saying, “If it is a’story story’ rather than’unraveling’, facts and rumors. “You have to make a clear distinction.”
As the controversy spread, Seol apologized through YouTube on the 22nd, saying, “All the faults are with me, not the production crew.”

However, on the 23rd, the author and music critic Bae Soon-Tak of MBC Radio’s’Bae Chul-soo’s Music Camp’ criticized Seol. In a YouTube video posted by Seol on the 15th (‘Why is Queen Seondeok in a labor song?’), he claimed that “Jazz lost its original intention and R&B was born”, but it is not true.
Mr. Bae wrote on his Instagram, “Without any study, the remarks he made today broke out again. (Seol) must have never seen even a single book on the history of jazz, blues, electric blues, rhythm and blues, and early rock and roll. “It’s because if you’ve read it, you can’t say that nonsense. That’s the same as spreading false information.”

Although the controversy surrounding Seol spread, tvN broadcast’Seol Min-seok’s Naked World History’ on the 26th as scheduled, and the audience rating recorded 5.5%. It is a rating similar to the previous episode.

However, in the end, I got caught up in plagiarism. Regarding this, a CJ ENM official said, “The previous controversy could have turned into a’mistake’, but the thesis plagiarism could not have continued as it was related to the quality of educators.”

Reporter Yoo Seong-woon [email protected]