(17 Nov 2025) More than 200 academic papers in South Korea have been retracted over suspicions that artificial intelligence was improperly used to reproduce content from ChatGPT. Following a series of AI-assisted cheating cases at major universities, including Seoul National University, the recent confirmation of widespread AI-assisted paper-writing allegations has raised concerns about an emerging “AI-driven turmoil” in academia.
An analysis by The Dong-A Ilbo on Nov. 16, conducted with Kim Wan-jong, a senior researcher at the Data Service Center of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI), drew on data from the paper retraction monitoring site Retraction Watch. The analysis found that since 2021, 204 papers from South Korean universities and research institutions had been retracted over suspected use of generative AI. This accounts for 14.3 percent of all retracted papers in the country since 1999. Paper retraction is a measure that invalidates a study when serious errors or breaches of research ethics are discovered.
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