Cho Hee-young, Seoul City Superintendent of Education, ``Accusation of group viewing of ``Seoul Spring'' is a new violation of religious rights'' = South Korea

Seoul City Superintendent Cho Hee-young claimed that the group viewing of the movie ``Spring in Seoul'' was a ``violation of religious rights'' in response to a conservative group's accusation.
On the 25th, Superintendent Cho posted on SNS an article titled ``Thoughts on violation of religious rights regarding spring group viewing of the movie Seoul.''
``Seoul City Office of Education has newly determined that this situation is a type of violation of teachers' educational rights, or so-called 'teaching rights.''
Recently, the conservative organization Juyeon Research Institute and the Free Korea Defense Group attended a group viewing of 'Seoul Spring' by the principal of a high school in Seoul.
was accused. These groups also held protest rallies in front of other schools. Superintendent Cho said, ``Educational rights violations have been occurring since July this year, mainly in the case of Soi Elementary School.
This meant that educational activities in general were being threatened through aggressive acts such as excessive complaints by some parents. However, as shown in this case, teachers are overly interfering with the educational curriculum.
"I believe that even offensive acts must be considered a type of violation of religious authority." Continuing on, ``Educational authority requires that teachers be respected as educational experts and have the right to structure the curriculum based on their expertise.''
include. The Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education has determined that group viewing of ``Spring in Seoul'' falls within the scope of the legitimate ecclesiastical authority that teachers can exercise autonomously.''
The December 12 military rebellion was a judicial decision, and was not the source of a conflict between conservatives and progressives, or between the ruling party and the opposition party.
he emphasized. Superintendent Cho said, ``The bloody suppression of the May 18 Gwangju democracy movement is an extension of the December 12 military rebellion.
At the 2018 Gwangju Democracy Movement Commemoration Ceremony, we proposed a ``March for You,'' and members of the ruling and opposition parties joined together to propose a ``March for You.''
Furthermore, ``There is a political and social consensus regarding the nature of the December 12 military uprising and the May 18 Gwangju democracy movement, and these are not subject to political dispute.''
It means yes. Attempts to exclude from the curriculum topics that are not subject to political controversy and are subject to social consensus must be judged as a clear violation of religious authority.
insisted. Furthermore, ``Discussion over historical interpretation must be free and active. However, distortions of historical facts must be strictly corrected, and that is also the responsibility of the school.''
``Clerical authority is a right that comes with the exercise of responsibility,'' he reiterated.