Diploma Falsifier, Sugar Daddy Questioned(The Korea Times)

This scandal just keeps getting better. The headline is great. The Munhwa Ilbo really did publish nude pictures of her, although she claims they are digital fakes

Diploma Falsifier, Sugar Daddy Questioned(The Korea Times): "Shin Jeong-ah, 35, a former university assistant professor who stunned the country with her faked diplomas and inappropriate relations with a top presidential secretary, returned to Seoul several hours after her ``sugar daddy’’ Byeon Yang-kyoon, 58, appeared before prosecutors. The prosecution summoned Shin right after her arrival at Incheon International Airport. They questioned her on her role in the expanding scandal after quizzing Byeon on his alleged patronage of Shin. Shin apologized to the people for causing trouble but denied that her Yale University diploma was a fake. She threatened to file a libel suit against the Munhwa Ilbo newspaper for publishing what she called ``fake’’ nude photographs of her."


This story is all over the place. Meanwhile, less than 20% of eligible voters voted in the UNDP primary...once people stop being involved politically it is a sure sign that the electorate here is Americanized!

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