Free mental health treatment for South Korean teachers amid suicide cases

A mourner attaching a message on a memorial wall for an elementary school teacher who died in an apparent suicide in July at the Seoi Elementary School in Seoul. - AFP

SEOUL (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Teachers in South Korea will be eligible for free counselling under a new 10 billion won (S$10.3 million) government plan launched in response to mounting concerns about their mental health.

Under the plan announced on Friday by the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Health and Welfare, teachers will be eligible for free psychological tests and have their mental health treatments fully covered by the government.