Female teacher arrested for having sex with 12 year-old student

South Gyeongsang Province education office director Kim Sang-kwon, middle, bows in apology for “inappropriate” relations between a female teacher and her 12-year-old male student, Tuesday. / Yonhap

By Chyung Eun-ju, Park Si-soo

A female teacher has been arrested for allegedly having sex with an elementary student.

According to police and South Gyeongsang Province education office, the teacher, 32, had sex with a male student, 12, in the classroom and her vehicle. They had sex several times between June and early August by what the teacher claimed was mutual consent, police said.

Having sex with a minor aged under 13 is punishable, even if it is consensual.

The case was reported to the police by the student’s parents, who found photos of the half-naked teacher on their son’s mobile phone.

They also found text messages from the teacher saying, “I love you,”and “I’ll buy you dumplings, come outside.”

The teacher admitted having sex with the boy, according to police. She was dismissed and the student is receiving psychological treatment.

In 2010, a middle school female teacher allegedly had consensual relations with a male student. But she was not punished because the student was over 13.