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In India, the Delhi High Court has found itself at the center of a plagiarism controversy as the judges are accused of plagiarizing more than 30 paragraphs in a decision from an article found in the Queen Mary Journal of Intellectual Property.

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The President-elect’s chief of staff, Huh Tae-yeol, was accused of plagiarizing his doctoral thesis

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A recent article in the journal Higher Education in Russia and Beyond by Andrei Rostovtsev , claims that dissertation fraud has reached a point where it is not just a “fringe phenomenon” but “an integral part of Russia’s statehood”.

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In South Korea, plagiarism has been a major topic in the news.

It began in June when popular South Korean author, Shin Kyung-sook, was accused of plagiarism in her short story Legend, which was part of a compilation she published in 1996.

   
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German Defense Minister Ursula von der Leyen is facing allegations of plagiarism in her dissertation following an investigation from the website VroniPlag Wiki, which claims to have found “elements of plagiarism” on 27 of the dissertations 62 pages.

Recently, scientific publisher Elsevier announced that it had donated some 45 free ScienceDirect accounts to “top Wikipedia editors” to enable them to access content from their journals for the purpose of inclusion and citation in Wikipedia.

When reporting or confronting plagiarism, many fear reprisals and for good reason. In the past those accused of plagiarism have responded by suing their accusers, accusing them of racism and filing complaints of sexual harassment.