Politics · South Korea · 19 hrs ago
South Korea’s Democratic Party renews claims over Han’s daughter’s paper
South Korea’s Democratic Party has renewed allegations that a Kenyan national named Benson helped write a paper by Han Dong-hoon’s daughter.
The party says the paper was posted on an overseas academic website when she was in her first year of high school, and that Benson’s name appeared in its author field.
It also points to Han’s past description of someone as an “online tutor” at a confirmation hearing.
These claims have not been established in the information provided.
Han is an independent lawmaker, and the party says police should investigate the alleged ghostwriting again.
The dispute matters because the party says the case raises questions about whether standards applied to others were also applied to Han’s family.
South Korea’s Democratic Party renewed allegations on October 11 that an English paper linked to independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon’s daughter was ghostwritten.
Party spokesperson Park Seong-jun asked whether a person named Benson had written the paper.
Park described Benson as a Kenyan national and professional ghostwriter, but the article presents this as an allegation.
The party called on police to reinvestigate the alleged ghostwriting.
- Who
- South Korea’s Democratic Party and independent lawmaker Han Dong-hoon’s daughter.
- What
- The party renewed allegations that a paper linked to Han’s daughter was ghostwritten.
- When
- October 11, 2026.
- Where
- South Korea; the article does not give a specific location for the allegations.
- Why
- The party said the alleged ghostwriting warranted a police reinvestigation.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I ask Han Dong-hoon: Did Benson ghostwrite your daughter’s paper?
The police should immediately reinvestigate the case of ghostwriting Han Dong-hoon’s daughter’s paper.
This story does not have a timeline yet.
- Date of renewed claims
- October 11, 2026
- Person named in allegation
- Benson
- Alleged nationality of Benson
- Kenyan
- Requested action
- Police reinvestigation of the alleged ghostwriting
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