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Local residents have rallied against planned Seoul campus in a public chatroom, laying bare anti-defector prejudice
Students at the Yeomyung School, a mockup of the planned campus and an excerpt from a flyer opposing the campus | Images: Yeomyung School, opposition group's KakaoTalk chatroom, edited by NK News
When the Yeomyung School announced that it would build a new campus this summer, it seemed like a dream come true for Seoul’s only accredited institution for the children of North Korean defectors.
The school has moved from one rented space to another throughout its existence, but under a deal with the government and Hyundai Motor Group, it would finally have a permanent home on the grounds of a closed elementary school in western Seoul.
Then the backlash came.
With AI-generated Instagram posts and posters hung around the neighborhood, a group of local residents have rallied against the school, arguing
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