Police say teacher spoke with students' parents before suicide Police on Monday said an elementary school teacher who recently took her own life at a school in southern Seoul talked over the phone several times with students' parents suspected of harassing her. 2023.7.31
Angry teachers brave the heat to demand classroom protections Tens of thousands of teachers held a mass rally in central Seoul on Saturday to demand the protection of their classroom authority and a safer educational environment. 2023.7.30
![A person on Friday visits a memorial altar for a 23-year-old teacher who took her own life, located at Seoul Gangnam Seocho District Office of Education in southern Seoul. The teacher was found dead in a classroom at Seoul Seo 2 Elementary School in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on July 18. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10135857.jpg?imageId=10135857&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Teachers demand improvements in working conditions and protection of their classroom rights during a mass rally held in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Saturday. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10135213.jpg?imageId=10135213&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)