"Was the Ideology of Key NL Figures in the Moon Administration Truly Just? Controversy Over University Issues"

Hannam University Liberal Arts Course 'Economic Justice and Inequality'
School Forms Fact-Finding Committee and Investigates Circumstances

Controversy has arisen over multiple exam questions revealing political bias in a final exam at a university in Daejeon.

A final exam at a university in Daejeon has sparked controversy due to the inclusion of multiple questions revealing political bias.
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On the 19th, MBC Newsdesk reported on the final exam questions set by a visiting lecturer named Lim at Hannam University, who teaches the 3-credit liberal arts course "Economic Justice and Inequality."

Lim asked about the "fundamental reason why former President Moon Jae-in promoted nuclear phase-out," using the term "heuksim" (malicious intent) in parentheses, and also posed a question asking students to evaluate whether the ideology of the Juche faction from the 1980s, which was influential during former President Moon Jae-in's administration, was just or unjust.

He also wrote that "electricity rates should have been raised at least three times during the tenure."

In the exam questions, Lim referred to China as "Junggong." "Junggong" is an abbreviation for the Chinese Communist Party regime, a term used before the establishment of diplomatic relations between Korea and China 31 years ago.

Officials from the Democratic Party of Korea Daejeon City Party University Student Committee held a press conference on the afternoon of the 20th in front of the main gate of Hannam University in Dong-gu, Daejeon, urging the dismissal of Mr. Lim.
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He also included a question stating, "Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the majority party in Korea, was invited to the residence of the Junggong embassy, where the Chinese ambassador to Korea, Xing Haiming, gave a lengthy lecture," and asked students to briefly describe "the relationship between Lee Jae-myung merely listening quietly and the national dignity of the Republic of Korea."

Additionally, there was a question based on an unconfirmed premise that "recently, spies were revealed among the leaders of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions and the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union," asking "what attitude these spies showed toward President Yoon Suk-yeol."

There was also a question asking students to write about "the reason why MBC and KBS are obsessed with falsely inciting the public and gaslighting them."

The front part of the exam paper clearly stated, "Points will be strictly deducted for incorrect or inaccurate content," and "Write mainly based on what was learned during class."

A student who took the course expressed, "I wondered if I had to write answers that fit the professor's preferences even if they differed from my own thoughts," adding, "Although the professor often talked about politics during class, I honestly did not expect it to be reflected so much in the exam."

Following the exam, students immediately raised concerns, and the school is reported to have formed a fact-finding committee to investigate the matter.

Meanwhile, on the afternoon of the 20th, officials from the Democratic Party of Korea Daejeon City Party University Committee held a press conference in front of the main gate of Hannam University in Dong-gu, Daejeon, calling for the dismissal of Lim.

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