South Korean teachers to rally after colleague's death

A family mourns in front of a classroom where a young teacher was found dead in July in an apparent suicide, at an elementary school in Seoul, South Korea, September 4, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean teachers are set to rally on Monday and sit out of work to demand better protection of their rights and to protest what they say is widespread harassment by overbearing parents that has led colleagues to take their own lives.

Complaints by public school teachers over mistreatment by parents and students, including being accused of child abuse for disciplining pupils, have grown sharply after a young teacher was found dead in July in an apparent suicide.