April 27, 2024
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Award-winning North Korea scholar plagiarized sources, university finds

Charles Armstrong reported to be "no longer teaching" at Columbia

Update at 20:00 KST: This article has been amended to include a response from Cornell University Press, Armstrong's publisher

Charles K Armstrong, a long-time Korea studies professor at Columbia University, has been found to have plagiarized sources used in his critically-lauded 2013 book "Tyranny of the Weak" and will retire, his employers said this week.

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