Scandal of kids posing as researchers continues to grow in South Korea

Enlarge / Not one of the young alleged science-wizzes involved here. (credit: Getty | H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock )

More South Korean researchers are accused of fraudulently adding the names of children and teens to their published scientific manuscripts as part of an ongoing college admissions scandal, according to a report by Nature.

The kids-middle and high school students-are listed as co-authors on scientific findings that they allegedly had no hand in. Many of these claimed science-wizzes are researchers' own children or children of their friends. The authorships, in some cases, are thought to give the children a leg-up in the country's fiercely competitive college admissions.

As in the US, there is currently intense scrutiny in South Korea over how the country's elite get their children into colleges.

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