The weekend demonstrations in the capital were triggered by the death of a teacher who was found dead at her elementary school in July after reportedly expressing emotional distress caused by complaints from allegedly abusive parents.Teachers pay silent tribute to a late female teacher during a rally to demand the better protection of their rights near the National Assembly in South Korea's capital Seoul on Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023.
According to Seoul's Education Ministry and National Health Insurance Service data provided to liberal opposition lawmaker Kim Woni last week, more than 820 elementary, middle- and high-school students died of suicide between 2018 and 2022.Dressed in black, thousands of teachers and school staff occupied a street near the National Assembly, chanting slogans and holding up signs that read: 'Grant teachers immunity from child emotional abuse claims.