1st hearing on integrated military academy turns chaotic amid fierce pushback from alumni

Tensions boiled over Wednesday at a government-hosted public hearing on its plan to consolidate the military academies, as their graduates and cadets blasted government officials as "gangsters" in protest of the plan. The public hearing was the first such session to collect public feedback on the integration plan as part of the Lee Jae Myung government's push to combine the military academies of the Army, Navy and Air Force. The government has cited changing modern warfare driven by artificial i