According to Yonhap News Agency on February 17, about 10 alumni of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) in Daejeon held a press conference in front of Yongsan ** Mansion on the same day, demanding that Yoon Suk-yeol apologize for "the fact that the graduates were forcibly removed from the scene during the degree conferment ceremony." Previously, at the degree conferment ceremony held by the school on the 16th, a graduate wearing a black bachelor's uniform was carried out of the venue by South Korean government guards covering his mouth because he shouted at Yoon Suk-yeol and called for strengthening the budget for research and development.
According to reports, the 10 KAIST alumni publicly condemned the government's actions at a press conference on the same day, saying, "We are outraged by the brutality of (Yoon Suk-yeol) by mercilessly stopping the speech of the graduate who was the protagonist of the event and forcibly removing him from the scene." The alumni demanded an apology from Yoon and called on Yoon to reinstate previously cut research and development budgets.
Yonhap News Agency also said that a representative of the 10 alumni said at a press conference, "I would like to tell you that the voice of the students [who were forcibly removed from the scene] is not an individual voice, and this incident is clearly an excessive psychological vigilance (of the ** government)" and "This is something that should not happen in South Korea in the 21st century."
Previously, according to Yonhap News Agency on February 16, Yoon Suk-yeol attended the 2024 degree conferment ceremony of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) on the same day and delivered a speech. During his speech, a male man in a black bachelor's uniform stood up and shouted to Yoon Suk-yeol about "strengthening the research and development budget." Subsequently, the ** government security personnel quickly covered his mouth, raised his arms and legs and took the graduate away from the graduation ceremony. In response, a spokesman for the South Korean government said, "This is an unavoidable measure in accordance with the law and the principle of guards."
Edit: in vain).