SEOUL — During final exam season on college campuses in Seoul late last year, libraries and cafes were filled with students preparing for tests, except for a virtually deserted one: The grounds of Seoul’s Dongduk Women’s University, which was shaken by protests against the possible admission of men.
The main gate in early December was tatted with protest banners. On campus, there was little sign of life. Spray-painted slogans covered the pavement while banners hung along building walls. Eggshells and food stained the statue of the school’s founder. Hundreds of abandoned school sweaters were scattered in front of the main administration building where a banner read: “We’d rather perish than open our doors.”
