On the 12th, at Dongduk Women’s University in Seongbuk-gu, Seoul, students including the student council held a press conference in front of the school jumper they had taken off in front of them, denouncing the school’s discussion of converting to co-education. Photo = News 1
After a meeting with student representatives, including the student council president, Dongduk Women’s University agreed to temporarily suspend discussions on converting to coeducational schools.
Dongduk Women’s University announced that after conducting a three-hour meeting starting at 11 a.m. on the 21st, they decided to temporarily suspend discussions on co-education.
In addition, they added that they agreed to lift the blockade of classrooms except for the main building and to fully resume classes, provided that a statement is issued to the effect that future discussions will be resumed in consultation with students.
The school plans to release a related statement on the 25th and hold a second interview at 11 a.m. on the same day.
A school official said, “Classes will resume today,” but added, “We need to look inside to see what condition (the building) is in. First, we will start with cleaning up.”
With this agreement, the internal strife at Dongduk Women’s University surrounding the discussion on converting to co-education appears to be coming to an end.
However, there remains a possibility that conflict will arise again over the issue of responsibility for damage caused by student protests.
According to the transcript of the interview released by the student council on this day, both sides fought over the issue of vandalism.
The school side mentioned the lacquering and pointed out, “We can only assume that the student council did it,” and the student side responded, “It was a voluntary action by students out of anger.”
In particular, as the job fair scheduled to be held at the Centenary Memorial Hall was canceled, the issue of compensation for damages requested by the organizer also came to the fore.
The school estimated the total amount of damage caused by this incident to be up to 5.44 billion won. It is known that a claim for damages was also sent to the student council due to the cancellation of the job fair.
Meanwhile, the men’s group New Men’s Solidarity filed a complaint to Jongam Police Station in Seoul on this day, citing damage to property that occurred during this incident.
The New Men’s Solidarity defined this incident as a riot and said, “We will identify the rioters and report them to the police.”
On the 19th, Bae In-gyu, representative of the New Men’s Solidarity, told the Segye Ilbo, “It is also in the YouTube notice, but we have secured (some) rioters’ locker purchase receipts and accounts,” and added, “After the rally in front of Dongduk Women’s University, we will identify the rioters’ personal information and report it to the police. “He said.
Previously, he said, “Now the women’s college has become a ‘feminist military academy,’” and released photos of students who participated in the protest.
Reporter Lee Dong-jun blondie@segye.com
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