Parents... leave us teachers alone

Teachers hold up their banners during a rally to demand better protection of their rights in Seoul, South Korea. Pic/PTI

Thousands of South Korean school teachers and staff rallied in Seoul on Saturday for more legal protection from bullying by parents.

The weekend demonstrations in the capital city, were triggered by the death of a teacher who was found dead at her elementary school in July after reportedly expressing emotional distress caused by complaints from allegedly abusive parents.

The protesting teachers, who have rallied for weeks, say current laws make it difficult to exercise control over their classrooms and leave them at the mercy of overbearing parents, who could easily accuse them of emotionally abusing children.

Dressed in black, thousands of teachers and school staff occupied a street near the National Assembly, chanting slogans and holding up signs that read: "Grant teachers immunity from child emotional abuse claims." The protesters said more than 9,000 teachers have been reported by parents for child abuse in the past eight years.

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