Professors of Dongguk University hold a press conference at the school campus in Seoul, Thursday, urging President Yoon Suk Yeol to step down. Yonhap By Lee Hae-rin Korea is seeing a wave of university professors criticizing President Yoon Suk Yeol and calling for his resignation, with over 3,000 professors and researchers from 55 universities across the country participating in the joint declaration as of Friday. "We want President Yoon to step down immediately," a group of 108 professors of Dongguk University said in a joint declaration at the school’s Seoul campus, Thursday.
Referring to President Yoon's televised press conference from Nov. 7, they said, "Even though the two-hour statement started with an apology, the content was beyond disappointing and close to despair. There have been a series of declarations of a state of affairs by professors from various universities, raising concerns about the government's move, but the president has confirmed that he has no intention of changing the state of affairs at all.
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