Teacher suicide exposes parent bullying in S Korea

On 5 June, Lee Min-so* described in her diary the fear that overtook her body as she entered her classroom to teach: "My chest feels too tight. I feel like I'm going to fall somewhere. I don't even know where I am."

On 3 July the primary school teacher wrote that she had become so overwhelmed by the craziness of work she "wanted to let go".

Two weeks later, the 23-year-old was found dead in her classroom store cupboard by her colleagues. She had taken her own life.

This tragedy has unleashed a wave of anger from primary school teachers across South Korea. read more