International schools highlight gaps in Korea’s school violence law
Despite years of tightening school violence laws, international schools in Korea remain outside the purview of most legislation on the issue thanks to their unique status. Hundreds of cases have been reported at international schools over the past five years, but the institutions have largely been left to handle incidents under their own rules, without holding the committees that would normally convene in cases of school violence at other kinds of institutions. Schools say they address cases that arise under their own internal guidelines, but recurring incidents are fueling calls to bring them under the Act on the Prevention of and Countermeasures Against Violence in Schools. According to data submitted by the Ministry of Education to the office of Rep. Kim Yong-tae of the main opposition People Power Party, Wednesday, a total of 264 school violence cases were reported at seven accredited international schools between 2020 — when school violence countermeasure committees were introduced — and last year. By school, North London Collegiate School Jeju recorded the highest number of inc
