PHOTOS School resumes classes without students

A teacher wearing a mask gives a lecture via online in an empty classroom at Seoul Girls High School in Seoul, Thursday, the first day of the new semester during the COVID-19 pandemic. In an unprecedented plan, middle schools and high schools in Korea have opened online as students stay home to avoid the coronavirus. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A teacher gives a lecture via online in an empty classroom at Seoul Girls High School, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A blackboard remains unused in an empty classroom at Seoul Girls High School, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

A teacher walks along an empty hallway at Seoul Girls High School, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul

Two teachers wearing masks walk in an empty hallway at Seoul Girls High School, Thursday. Korea Times photo by Shim Hyun-chul