[theqoo] STUDENT WHO GOT GAGGED AND DRAGGED OUT FOR APPARENTLY PROTESTING AGAINST R&D BUDGET CUTS AT THE KAIST GRADUATION CEREMONY

Just in: Very disturbing footage emerging online of KAIST's graduation ceremony, in which a student who apparently protested against R&D budget cuts while President Yoon Suk Yeol was on stage is quickly gagged and dragged out. pic.twitter.com/NxdCzXWlW3
— Raphael Rashid (@koryodynasty) February 16, 2024

Video footage from the event shows that during Yun's speech, a student in a graduation gown and bachelor's cap shouted "Restore the R&D budget" while wearing a mask, and a presidential security guard clamped his hand over his mouth to restrain him, while several security officers grabbed him from his seat, lifted his limbs, and dragged him out of the venue.

In other videos, graduates can be seen with in-ears in their ears as they are carried out of the ceremony.

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1. ?????? Ah, f*ck

2. F*ck, is this the CCP? What is happening to this country? I'm getting goosebumps

3. No but is this real?????? I'm way too shocked right now;;;;;;

4. If you're gonna do this, don't come out and give a speech

5. Crazy.. it must be such a daily thing for him to just shut people off and drag them out

6. Crazy, is this really 2024? Wow...

7. What am I looking at?...

8. Barbaric. Seriously;;; Isn't it the president's job to listen to such cries?

9. Are they crazy????? No but, let's assume that that person made an offensive comment, is this really something that could happen???? Really????

10. We are no different from the CCP

[theqoo] KAIST'S REP TOLD 'INEWS24' "IT HAPPENED BRIEFLY BUT THE GRADUATION CEREMONY IS GOING ON WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE STUDENTS ARE SPREADING BUT NOTHING HAPPENED"

According to social media posts by attendees of the ceremony, a graduate, at President Yoon's speech at the ceremony was restrained by security guards and escorted out of the ceremony while protesting.

The graduate reportedly stood up and protested against Yoon, demanding that the research and development (R&D) budget be restored.

A spokesperson for KAIST told iNews24: "It happened briefly, but the graduation ceremony is going on without incident. The students are scattering, but nothing happened" the university explained.

"There was a disturbance at the KAIST degree ceremony that President Yoon attended this afternoon," the presidential office said in a notice, adding, "The presidential guard took steps to separate the disturbers in order to ensure the safety of the guards and establish order at the event. This was necessary in accordance with the law, regulations, and Secret Service principles."

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1. We need to protect students instead, seriouslyㅋ

2. ㅋㅋ... this is seriously too much

3. Whether it's the Korea Federation of Livestock Cooperatives or KAIST... don't sacrifice it all because of the country!

4. The school should be protecting the student!

5. How is this "nothing"? We are seriously turning into the CCP

6. Oho... look at KAIST's levelㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ

7. If they're acting like that because of the budget... ^^ Money comes before students, right?

8. In a bit, they will be catching the people who spread thisㅋㅋㅋ

9. How can the professors do this... it's because the politicians are watching that they are not protecting the students

10.