"Heavy-hearted and Sad" Memorials for Seo I-cho Teacher Continue in Gyeongnam

Chrysanthemums offered by mourners are placed at the memorial altar for a teacher at Seoi Elementary School in Seoul.
[Photo by Lee Seryeong]

Visitors continue to pay their respects at the memorial altar set up in the parking lot in front of the entrance of the Gyeongnam Office of Education for the teachers of Seoul Seoi Elementary School.

The altar, established on the 21st, is jointly operated by the provincial Office of Education, the Gyeongnam Teachers' Union, and the Gyeongnam branch of the Korean Teachers and Education Workers Union (KTU).

The condolence messages left by mourners who visited the memorial altar at Seoi Elementary School in Seoul are densely posted.
Photo by Lee Seryeong

According to the organizers, by the afternoon of the 25th, about 1,200 people had visited the altar.

Visitors left messages expressing sympathy and condolences such as, "I feel heavy-hearted and sad as if it were my own matter," "I am sorry for not being there as a senior and colleague," and "I will try to make even a small change in reality."

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