Breaking: 14 music professors are arrested for corruption

Breaking: 14 music professors are arrested for corruption

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norman lebrecht

June 19, 2024

The Korea Times reports that more than a dozen music professots have been referred to the prosecution authorities after the police investigated allegations of fixing exams and underhand gifts.

Five are charged with committing college admissions fraud while serving as examiners for practical music tests at Seoul National University and three other universities. One is a former head of SNU College of Music (pictured).

Report here.

Comments

  • Benjamin J says:

    Can we invite the Korean Police officers over here? They’d have a field day…

  • John Borstlap says:

    They take music very seriously there. If that would happen in Europe, the perpetrators would, at most, be suspended by management.

    • Ishihara says:

      Stop idealizing people that you don’t really know much about. I’ve caught them doing so much nasty stuff in order to get up the ladder. For example, one had the nerve to say that a well-known French composer wrote a piece that she premiered when in reality it was a piece written for a competition, not her.

      Rape culture is also another major problem both in Korea and in Korean communities outside of Korea.

  • Once a proud Korean says:

    As a Korean myself, I must say that I have seen the worst over there… bullying, money laundering, spreading false rumours, sexual misconduct, rape and grooming.. it’s a corrupted country

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