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School Slammed for Taking Down Student Poster Criticizing Administration

SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A school in Gangwon Province has come under fire after taking down a student’s poster criticizing the administration without following regular procedures. The poster put up by a middle school student criticized the school administration for revising its code of conduct without going through the regular procedures, raising an issue [...]

School Cell Phone Ban a Human Rights Violation

SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Human Rights Commission of Korea has said that all-out cell phone bans at school are a violation of the freedom of communication. According to the NHRCK on Friday, the principal of a middle school in Gyeonggi Province has been advised to lift a ban on cell phone [...]