The seal of the principal stamped on the student card of Seoul City University in South Korea has been misplaced for a long time as the seal of an environmental protection group. In the past four years, more than 7,000 stamps have been issued, but no one has found out.

A map of the Seoul Metropolitan University campus.

(The picture is taken from the Facebook of Seoul City University)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] Recently, Seoul City University in South Korea reported that the seal of the president on the student ID card has been misplaced as the seal of an environmental protection group for a long time. It is estimated that more than 7,000 stamps have been issued in the past four years, but no one has found out.

According to "Yonhap News Agency", the student ID card has always had the words "President of Seoul City University" in the lower right corner, and the red principal seal is printed next to it. However, from April 23, 2019 to November 11 this year, a total of 3 years 7 It was stamped with the seal of "Cheon-Asan Environmental Movement Federation" for a period of one month.

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Since the seal on the student ID card is smaller than the fingernail of a little finger, and the length and width are only 5 mm, no one has noticed the typo for a long time. It was not until a student discovered the abnormality last month that it was revealed that the principal had inadvertently " Substitution to do" situation.

Considering that all student ID cards of Seoul City University adopt the same design, based on 1,700 freshmen each year, nearly 7,000 student ID cards have been printed incorrectly, and the number of graduate students and reissued student ID cards must be more than 7,000.

Seoul City University pointed out that it should be that when changing the design of the student ID card in the past, the design company mistakenly continued to use the seal that was only used as a model at first, and the school has no relationship with the Cheonan-Asan Environmental Movement Federation.

Seoul City University has stopped issuing student ID cards and has replaced the design. It is expected that all wrong student ID cards will be replaced by February next year. The overall reissuance cost is estimated to be 70 million won (about NT$1.64 million).