
SEOUL -- Yang Dae-rim has yet to graduate high school, but he is already waging a public relations war against his government, taking aim at a policy he says tramples on the rights of him and his peers.
The 18-year-old has become one of the most vocal opponents of the South Korean government's plan to require youths older than 12 to present proof of vaccination as a condition for entering some public places, including private study facilities. He has participated in protests with students and parents, and was part of a group that filed a petition against the vaccine pass system at the Constitutional Court.