"Protect Teachers' Personal Information" Teacher Organizations Outraged at Teacher Stalking 'Baksa Bang' Public Interest

"Teachers Recognize Seriousness of Sexual Violence Crimes... Solutions Must Be Established"

A petitioner who introduced themselves as a middle and high school teacher posted a Blue House national petition requesting the disclosure of the personal information of a public service worker who stalked them and attempted to kill their daughter. On the 30th, teacher organizations also issued statements urging the education authorities to take measures.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Suwan] After a post appeared on the Blue House National Petition Board from someone identifying themselves as a middle and high school teacher, requesting the disclosure of personal information of a public service worker who stalked them and even attempted to kill their daughter, teacher organizations have also come forward urging the establishment of measures to protect teachers' human rights.

The Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU) and the Seoul Teachers Union issued a statement on the 30th, saying, "We must recognize the seriousness of sexual violence crimes against teachers and come up with solutions," and emphasized, "Teachers' personal information must be protected."

The KTU stated, "It was revealed in this petition that Jo Joo-bin (25) and a public service worker brutally stalked their high school homeroom teacher for nine years," adding, "After the incident became known, serious cases including death threats have been shared within teacher communities."

They continued, "Teachers in schools are being left defenseless against direct and indirect sexual violence crimes. Protection measures for teachers' private lives and personal information have been insufficient."

They also pointed out, "In cases where the perpetrator is a teenage student, most incidents have been covered up under pressure to resolve them educationally," emphasizing, "Rumors about teacher chat rooms on Telegram are openly circulating, causing many teachers to live in fear."

Teacher organizations also raised their voices to strengthen the protection of teachers' personal information such as private mobile phone numbers.

The KTU demanded, "Provide teachers with work mobile phones and expand the safe number system to all schools."

They further argued, "The disclosure of teacher transfer situations on education office websites and the exposure of personal information in official documents must also be stopped."

The Seoul Teachers Union specifically called for the abolition of the 'Find a Teacher' service provided by the Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education. They said, "There have been cases where teachers were threatened using this service," criticizing, "It is not only a waste of administrative resources but also a failure to protect personal information."

Along with this, they demanded improvements in the management of graduation albums to protect portrait rights. The Seoul Teachers Union criticized, "The issue of portrait rights violations is serious to the extent that graduation albums are photographed with mobile phones and circulated on social networking services (SNS)."

Meanwhile, the national petition titled 'We want the disclosure of personal information of the public service worker who conspired to kill a girl among the members of the Doctor's Room' had gathered 413,908 supporters as of 8 p.m. on the same day.

The petitioner claimed that the public service worker was their first-year high school student and had continuously subjected them to physical and psychological threats for nine years since 2012.

They also wrote that the public service worker conspired with Jo Joo-bin, known as the operator of the Telegram underage sexual exploitation distribution channel 'Doctor's Room,' to kill their daughter.

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