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For South Koreans 2007 was the Year of Living Deceptively, according to a survey published Monday
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For South Koreans 2007 was the Year of Living Deceptively, according to a survey published Monday in the wake of scandals involving fake academics, the nation's top conglomerate and politicians.
A survey of 340 professors selected the Chinese phrase "ja-gi-gi-in" (deceiving yourself and others) from several candidates when asked to sum up the year, newspapers reported.
"Ja-gi-gi-in is the behaviour resulting from one's excessive desire," Professor Ahn Dae-Hoe told the Korea Herald.
"Forging degrees, plagiarising theses and the moral insensitivity of politicians and big corporations have shaken up Korean society for the past year."
The news that a high-profile art curator had faked her degrees prompted a series of similar disclosures, both voluntary and involuntary. The Samsung group is being investigated over claims it operated a massive slush fund for bribery.
Several government officials have quit over corruption claims and president-elect Lee Myung-Bak faces an independent probe into allegations he was linked to a 2001 stock manipulation scam. He denies any involvement.
Koreans still use some Chinese characters alongside the indigenous Hangeul script.
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(Agencies)
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據(jù)本周一公布的一項(xiàng)調(diào)查結(jié)果顯示，對于韓國人來說，2007年是“生活在欺騙中”的一年。因?yàn)樵谶^去一年中，韓國發(fā)生了學(xué)術(shù)造假及涉及大財(cái)團(tuán)和政府官員的一系列丑聞。
據(jù)韓國各大報(bào)刊報(bào)道，該調(diào)查讓340名教授從幾個(gè)備選中國成語中挑出最能概括2007年的成語，結(jié)果“自欺欺人”（欺騙自己和別人）當(dāng)選。
安大會教授在接受《韓國先驅(qū)報(bào)》的采訪時(shí)說：“‘自欺欺人’是一種由貪婪導(dǎo)致的行為。”
“在過去一年中，學(xué)歷造假、論文抄襲、政府官員與大財(cái)團(tuán)相互勾結(jié)等一系列丑聞嚴(yán)重影響了韓國社會。”
今年，韓國一位知名藝術(shù)系教授被曝學(xué)歷造假丑聞，這一消息傳出后，一系列名人偽造學(xué)歷丑聞紛紛曝光，有些是主動承認(rèn)，有些則是被人揭發(fā)。而三星集團(tuán)則因涉嫌非法籌集巨額行賄基金正在接受調(diào)查。
數(shù)名政府官員因涉嫌腐敗而辭職，新任總統(tǒng)李明博也因涉嫌參與2001年的股票操縱案而將接受“特檢”。但李明博否認(rèn)自己與此案有任何聯(lián)系。
韓國人在使用韓語的同時(shí)，仍保留了一些漢字。
（英語點(diǎn)津姍姍編輯）
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