Dongduk students plead not guilty over graffiti protest

Eleven Dongduk Women’s University students pleaded not guilty Wednesday to charges stemming from a 2024 campus occupation against the school’s proposed transition to coeducation, arguing that their actions did not constitute the crimes alleged by prosecutors. The students were indicted on charges including property damage, obstruction of business and jointly refusing to comply with orders to leave university buildings. Their trial opened Thursday at the Seoul Northern District Court. Prosecutors

By The Korea Herald