JEONJU, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – With the new school year approaching, the Ministry of Education’s plan to introduce a dedicated investigator system for school violence across the nation starting in March is drawing criticism. Critics argue that the investigators, who will be deployed at schools, may lack the emotional connection with students and the expertise [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The proportion of elementary to high school students who said they have experienced school violence reached the highest level in 10 years this year, a survey showed Thursday. The result was revealed in a school violence survey conducted by the education ministry for a month until May 10 on [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Students with a history of school violence will have their disciplinary records reflected when applying for university admission beginning in the 2026 academic year, the university policy recommendation council said Wednesday. The measure was part of the university admission guidelines for students with records of school bullying, unveiled jointly [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — School violence victims will be separated from offenders for as long as one week, starting next month, from the current three days, in an effort to better protect victims, the education ministry said Sunday. The change is one of the first measures in the ministry’s new guidelines to tackle [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Almost one-third of high school violence victims are exposed to violence on an almost daily basis, a state-run institute said Monday. According to a report released by the Korean Educational Development Institute, regional education offices nationwide conducted a survey last year involving 154,514 students from the fourth year of [...]
SEOUL, April 30 (Korea Bizwire) —The use of the virtual world known as the metaverse has been proposed as a potential tool to alleviate the psychological strain on students subjected to school violence during police investigations, according to a recent publication titled “Police Investigation of School Violence Victims Using Metaverse,” featured in the journal Police [...]
SEOUL, April 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Students with a history of bullying at school will have their disciplinary records reflected in the regular college admissions process, beginning in 2026, the government announced Wednesday, as part of its measures to combat school violence. The government will also double the mandatory retention period of disciplinary records of [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — High school students prefer not to report cases of school violence in a higher proportion than elementary and middle school students, a government report showed Sunday. A school violence analysis conducted by the Ministry of Education showed that the proportion of students who preferred not to report cases of [...]
SEOUL, March 27 (Korea Bizwire) — As an increasing number of school violence cases are being reviewed in court, there are more cases of administrative appeal or litigation in an attempt to appeal against school violence accusations. The accused perpetrators of school violence made 2,077 requests for administrative appeals and 575 requests for administration litigation [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Most victims of school violence make plans for revenge, a survey showed Sunday. The Psychiatry Association for Korean Schools conducted a survey of 65 psychiatrists, 78.5 percent of whom said that they had treated victims of school violence before. Among them, 90.2 percent treated those who had the intention [...]