English instructor assaulted by student left outside legal protection

A teachers’ union in Ulsan on Monday criticized the local education office for refusing to protect an English instructor who was kicked by a fourth grader at school, saying the office failed to act because the instructor is not legally classified as a teacher. The Education Workers Solidarity Division, under the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions, said in a press release that an elementary school student kicked an English instructor at a school in Ulsan on May 8. The group called the incident

By The Korea Herald