As criticism intensified over President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law being linked to his alma mater, Chungam High School, Chungam students appealed for the criticism to stop.
On the 10th, the Chungam High School student council stated through social networking service (SNS) that “the president and the controversial figures are graduates who left Chungam 40 years ago” and clarified that “they are just figures who passed through Chungam temporarily and are unrelated to current students.”
The council continued, “The Chungam student council fully empathizes with the public's anger over the Dec. 3 incident, and there have been ongoing reports of harm, such as verbal abuse directed at students in uniforms, threats of job disadvantages, and protest calls to the teachers' office.”
Following the martial law incident, criticism grew against the 'Chungam faction,' with reports of hundreds of protest calls to the school. There were also sarcastic suggestions to rename the school to Martial Law High School. Consequently, Chungam allowed students to wear casual clothes instead of uniforms for their safety.
On this day, the Chungam student council clarified, “Although we faced many difficulties in normalizing the school and during gymnasium construction, we never once contacted graduates expecting special treatment.”
They also appealed, “We earnestly ask to stop the criticism towards Chungam and its current students, and help the students safely dream and pursue their futures.”