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Teachers to get protection from education offices after years of facing complaints alone

Cities and provinces are establishing units to handle cases after cases spiked in 2023 and the death of a teacher put the issue in the spotlight.

2026.8.31

Gyeonggi launches Korea’s first teacher protection corps

The new division, comprising teachers, local residents and professionals, attempts to address a longstanding crisis in the Korean education system.

2026.8.25

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From screen to school: Could 'Teach You a Lesson' become reality?

South Chungcheong and Daejeon are creating superintendent-led offices to protect teachers, echoing the fictional bureau in Netflix’s “Teach You a Lesson.”

2026.6.26

Teachers mourn the death of a fellow teacher at a rally calling for better protection of teachers' rights near the central government complex in central Seoul on June 14, 2025. [YONHAP]

Teachers' groups call for protections as assaults by students rise

Teachers’ groups have called on the government and the National Assembly to come up with effective measures to protect teachers’ rights after a colleague was seriously injured by a student last month.

2026.4.9

A woman pays condolences at a memorial altar installed at Seo 2 Elementary School in Seocho District in southern Seoul on Thursday, marking the anniversary of the death of a young teacher who died by suicide after allegedly experiencing harassment from students’ parents. [NEWS1]

Educators mark anniversary of teacher's death by demanding protection from abuse

On anniversary of the death of an elementary school teacher who took her own life last year after allegedly being harassed by students' parents, family members and colleagues demanded better protections for educators’ rights and harsh punishments.

2024.7.18

School teachers who are members of a nationwide labor union picket for protections in front of an elementary school on Jan. 25 in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang. [YONHAP]

Teacher abuse on the rise amid weak protections

In Korea, rising violent and disruptive behavior by students has left hundreds of teachers physically and psychologically traumatized.

2024.5.15

The father of the deceased teacher at Sangmyung University Teacher’s College Experimental Elementary School in central Seoul, who took her own life in January due to parents' bullying, wipes his tears during a press conference held at Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education in downtown Seoul on Friday. [NEWS1]

Teacher took own life due to parents' bullying: Seoul's education office

A 28-year-old teacher who took her own life in January suffered from depression due to severe bullying from parents, Seoul's education office said Friday.

2023.12.18

A candle light vigil in commemorating the death of Seo2 Elementary School teacher on Sept. 4 held at the Seoul National University of Education in Seocho District, Seoul. Since the death of the teachers, others who had been constantly harassed by students’ parents had also taken their own lives. [YONHAP]

Missing teacher found dead in suspected suicide

Four other teachers have taken their own lives since a teacher at Seo2 Elementary School died by suicide in July.

2023.10.24

Teachers stage a rally in front of the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, calling for the restoration of teachers' rights and prompt legislations of related bills on Sept. 16. [NEWS1]

Teachers welcome post-walkout changes, but say long way still to go

Teachers in Korea have mixed thoughts on the changes made so far at classrooms and schools a month after they staged a mass walkout.

2023.10.3

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Flowers are lined up in front of a memorial for a teacher who died last Thursday after attempting suicide, at an elementary school in Daejeon on Saturday. The teacher had been harassed by students’ parents and attempted suicide on Tuesday.

2023.9.10