Park Ji-hyeon (26), a performer of ‘Heart Signal Season 3’, who was engulfed in suspicions of inflating her academic background that started online, complained of suffering by disclosing her academic data to the media.
“We cannot wait to see the rumors spreading online about Park Ji-hyun, who is neither a public figure nor a celebrity,” Park Ji-hyun said, risking exposure to her privacy. It was released exclusively to reporters.
According to the enrollment certificate and transcript of the Faculty of International Liberal Arts, Waseda University, Japan, provided by Ji-Hyun Park, Ji-Hyeon Park entered the university on April 1, 2016, and obtained graduation qualifications after completing 124 credits, graduating on September 15, 2020. . The remarks of ‘Heart Signal 3’ that Park Ji-hyun said, “I am a 4th year student at Waseda University in Japan,” have been revealed as it is. Also, in the report card, it was confirmed that Park Ji-hyun’s grades in the 8th semester of college were very good.
Following the first challenge in 2019 while attending undergraduate school, Ji-Hyeon Park applied to Konkuk University Medical School last year, but it turned out that she did not pass the final exam. However, since then, Ji-Hyeon Park has been published in the International Academic Journal (SCI), which was published in October of last year.
Recently, after the YouTuber Freesia Song Ji-ah, the same agency as Park Ji-hyun, was embroiled in a controversy over the use of fakes, unconfirmed private life-related suspicions about Park Ji-hyun rapidly spread online. Some netizens demanded that he certify his academic background, claiming that ‘Park Ji-hyun is preparing to launch a brand using the image of a gifted student who appeared on TV and attends a prestigious university and prepares to become a medical student.
A person close to Park Ji-hyun said, “There were a lot of rumors, but when I saw that various speculations were made about serious problems related to education, I had to take an active response.” After failing in the medical school entrance exam, I have been seriously thinking about the future for a long time. One of them was the decision to start a young business and challenged it. Nevertheless, it hurts my heart to have such a misunderstanding.”
Regarding this, cultural critic Kim Heon-sik expressed concern, saying, “Recently, not only celebrities but also social media influencers indiscriminately disclose their personal details and demand verification of their privacy in the form of so-called ‘discovery’.” To demand the disclosure of private life without clear grounds or public justification just because it has become the subject of interest is contrary to the level of the public right to know, and it is not legal or common sense.”
(SBS Entertainment News reporter Kang Kyung-yoon)
