About 10 KAIST alumni held a press conference on the 17th to demand an apology in connection with an incident in which a graduate was forcibly kicked out by security personnel after shouting at President Yoon Seok-yeol at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) degree ceremony in Daejeon on the 16th.
On the afternoon of the 17th, in front of the President’s Office in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, KAIST alumni are holding a ‘KAIST alumni press conference denouncing the Yoon Seok-yeol government for cutting R&D budgets and forcibly arresting graduates.’ /Newsis
They held a press conference in front of the Presidential Office in Yongsan-gu, Seoul, this afternoon and said, “We cannot suppress our anger at the atrocities of President Yoon Seok-yeol, who mercilessly silenced and kicked out the graduates who were the protagonists of the event,” and demanded President Yoon’s apology and reduced R&D. ) demanded restoration of the budget.
Choi Seong-rim, who was the vice president of the KAIST Student Council in 2006, said, “This incident was clearly excessive self-indulgence,” and added, “The cries of a young man worried about his future were just a bad thing to offend the president.”
A person who was recruited to the Democratic Party of Korea also attended the press conference on this day. Dr. Hwang Jeong-ah, a KAIST graduate who was recruited as a talent by the Democratic Party of Korea ahead of the general election, said, “Many researchers have had their research projects cut off or their research funds cut,” and “The (expelled) student’s single cry is by no means a lone voice. “I want to let people know that’s not the case,” he said.
President Yoon attended and delivered a congratulatory speech at the KAIST 2024 graduation ceremony held the day before on the 16th. At this time, a male student wearing a black academic uniform turned to where President Yoon was standing and said, ‘Revoke tax cuts for the rich.’ They held up pickets and shouted, ‘Reinforce the R&D (research and development) budget.’ Afterwards, security guards covered the student’s mouth, lifted his arms and legs, and dragged him out of the graduation ceremony hall.
It was later revealed that the graduate who was expelled was Shin Min-ki, spokesperson for the Green Justice Party and Daejeon City Party. The Green Justice Party said in a briefing, “Please answer what right the President has to violently kick out graduates who attended the graduation ceremony and imprison them so that they cannot return,” adding, “We will not sit by and watch as the President violently dragged out even the students.” did.
2024-02-17 05:57:17
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