Park Miok of Chungnam Provincial Council Criticizes Inadequate Response to Cheongyang School Violence Incident

"Structural Flaws in School Violence Response System...
Comprehensive Overhaul Needed to Prevent Recurrence"

Chungnam Provincial Council member Park Miok is pointing out the Chungnam Office of Education's inadequate response to the violence incident at Cheongyang High School through questions on provincial administration and educational administration.
Photo by Chungnam Provincial Council

Park Miok, a proportional representative from the People Power Party in the Chungnam Provincial Council, pointed out the poor working conditions of the forest fire prevention and suppression teams and strongly criticized the inadequate response of the Chungnam Office of Education to the school violence incident in Cheongyang during the second plenary session of the 359th regular meeting, which was held on the afternoon of June 11.

Park explained, "While wildfires are becoming much larger due to complex factors such as climate change, the forest fire prevention and suppression teams, who are on the front lines of firefighting, have an average age of 65, receive minimum wage, and are responding to large-scale wildfires with outdated equipment."

She added, "In order to suppress wildfires in their early stages and reduce casualties, high-performance equipment such as large-scale wildfire suppression vehicles is necessary," and diagnosed, "In particular, a comprehensive overhaul of the firefighting personnel system, including improvements to the aging workforce structure, is required."

Regarding the recent school violence incident, Park strongly criticized the Chungnam Office of Education's inadequate response, stating, "There have been repeated acts of organized group violence over several years, including threats with weapons, acts causing sexual humiliation, physical restraint, verbal abuse, and extortion of money and valuables."

Park pointed out, "Even after the school violence was reported, the school did not immediately separate the perpetrator and the victim, allowing them to participate in a school trip together, thereby neglecting the possibility of secondary harm." She emphasized, "This is an example that reveals structural flaws in the Chungnam Office of Education's school violence response system, and a comprehensive overhaul to prevent recurrence is urgently needed."

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