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Three female high school students charged after fellow teen assaulted with duct tape

Police in Gimpo charged the adolescents after they allegedly beat another girl and taped over her face early Monday morning.

2026.7.6

Schoolteachers hold pickets in a rally to defend their occupational rights in central Seoul on May 13.

Can ‘Teach You a Lesson’ actually help rebuild trust in schools?

Hit Neflix series prompts parents, teachers and advocates to try to repair 'deeply fractured' educational community.

2026.6.16

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'Teach You a Lesson' director says show's fantasy violence should provoke debate

Netflix's most popular current Korean show, "Teach You a Lesson," is about adults beating up students, their parents and teachers in the name of education. Yes, you read that right.

2026.6.12

Why ‘True Education’ strikes a nerve (KOR)

Netflix’s hit drama resonates with young Koreans by exposing the hypocrisy of powerful adults and the failures of accountability.

2026.6.10

Why ‘True Education’ strikes a nerve

Netflix’s hit drama resonates with young Koreans by exposing the hypocrisy of powerful adults and the failures of accountability.

2026.6.9

A scene from Netflix's series ″The Glory″ (2022-23), which deals with school bullying [NETFLIX]

Attitudes toward school bullying harden as Korea's education system scrambles to keep up

Just a few years ago, school bullying was often brushed off as youthful misbehavior or little more than fights between students. In recent years, however, public attitudes toward the issue have changed dramatically.

2026.5.19

Officials from the Blue Tree Foundation, a non-governmental organization focused on school violence, wear “masks of indifference” during a performance at a press conference announcing the 2023 nationwide survey on school violence, cyberbullying and related measures held in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 12, 2023. [YONHAP]

As school violence becomes legal issue, insurers cash in

While school violence continues to affect students and their parents, the insurance sector is moving to support more full-scale litigation among youngsters and even school staff. Experts, however, warn that safeguards are needed to prevent misuse.

2026.4.19

The Gongju branch of the Daejeon District Court in Gongju, South Chungcheong, is pictured in this undated file photo. [JOONGANG ILBO]

Three teenagers sent to prison for assaulting and extorting 6 million won from classmate

A court on Wednesday sentenced three teenagers to prison for repeatedly assaulting a classmate over several years and extorting more than 6 million won ($4,220) by threatening to distribute footage filmed illegally.

2026.1.28

Paper airplanes saying “school violence out” lie on the ground at Hanbit Square at Cheonggyecheon in Seoul after being launched by participants as part of a campaign against school and cyber violence in 2023. [YONHAP]

90 percent of applicants with school violence records rejected by major universities during early admissions

A total of 162 applicants with records of school violence were rejected in the early admissions process for the 2026 academic year at major regional national universities, data showed.

2026.1.2

Members of anti-school violence civic organization, The Blue Tree Foundation, stage an anti-violence rally outside their office in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 12, 2023. [YONHAP]

Adolescents who experience violence in school bring violence home to family, study finds

Three out of 10 adolescents who experienced school violence have committed violence against their parents, raising calls for support measures that focus on families rather than only individual students.

2025.12.25