Articles like this one kind of drive me crazy — on the one hand, they inform me about the issue a bit, but on the other they’re really just re-typed press releases.

On the 22nd the parents’ organization “Association of Parents Making Good Schools” (좋은학교만들기 학부모모임) praised th proposal of the Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology to amend the law to allow greater freedom in school regulations for students’ hairstyles and use of electronic devices, saying that “it will prevent confusion in the new semester.”

The organization’s standing representative Seo In-suk said that “despite the sense that students’ rights must be respected at school there seems to have been significant trouble over students’ hairstyles and dress codes following the end of the winter break, and we are worried that this will only grow during the new semester.”

Seo continued, “students and teachers should work together to craft the school rules, which would create a better environment and educational culture… we expect the Seoul Office of Education to head off any problems.”