South Korea's ruling and opposition parties call for a thorough investigation and improved invigilation over the tax accountant exam top scorer's AI cheating

On November 15, South Korea's ruling and opposition parties unanimously demanded a thorough investigation and improvements to the exam invigilation system after the tax accountant exam top scorer was confirmed to have used AI to cheat. Ahn Tae-hoon, deputy spokesperson of the Democratic Party, said such cheating using cutting-edge technology undermines candidates' efforts and fair opportunities, the existing invigilation system failed to detect it, police must thoroughly investigate the truth, and relevant institutions should review invigilation loopholes and formulate countermeasures. People Power Party leader Jang Dong-hyuk criticized HRD Korea for initially saying there was nothing unusual yet failing to detect the cheating, and said the education authorities plan to assign personnel at every university entrance exam (CSAT) venue to identify AI glasses, but such glasses cannot all be detected by the naked eye, so credible countermeasures must be produced for candidates and parents; the party's chief spokesperson Choi Bo-yoon criticized the government's plan to equip exam venues with radio wave detectors starting from next year's CSAT, and called for reviewing how all national exams respond to cutting-edge devices and verifying the effectiveness of detection technology. Lee Ki-in, interim leader of the Reform Party, stressed that no matter how fast technology advances, the principle of fairness must not be abandoned.