MSOpinion No glory for bullies: South Korea’s school violence epidemic “Despite widespread public support for victims, some have questioned the fairness of such punishments”
“Despite widespread public support for victims, some have questioned the fairness of such punishments”
Made famous globally by Netflix’s gory revenge series “The Glory,” the movement has ensnared everyone from K-pop stars to baseball players, and accusations — often anonymous—can be career-ending, with widespread public sympathy for victims.Teachers told her “to be friendlier” to her bullies and the abuse went unchecked for years, eventually forcing her to give up her dreams of higher education and quit school for vocational training.
The problem, activists say, is that bullying often goes unpunished in real-time at schools, and the statute of limitations on such crimes makes it hard for victims to bring charges years later. In an ironic sign of how pervasive the issue is, after the show became a hit, the director Ahn Gil-ho was himself accused of teenage bullying and forced to apologise.
“Any South Korean who has gone to school has been a victim or witnessed other students being bullied and not helped—we all have memories of this,” Noh said.of their experience, and realize they were not bullied “because they were lacking something”, she added. Pyo is also calling for an overhaul of South Korea’s criminal defamation laws, which currently allow bullies to sue their accusers for damages and win—even if their victims are telling the truth.
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