After Gwangju-mocking chants, Korea debates how to teach, not just punish

• ·Experts say students should be guided to reflect on their actions, not turned into political symbols A controversy over high school baseball players chanting slogans mocking the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising has sparked wider debate in South Korea over how schools and sports bodies should respond when students engage in hate speech.
• ·The debate is centered on a six-month suspension imposed by the Korea Baseball Softball Association on Seoul’s Paichai High School baseball team after its players chanted at opponents from Gwangju Jeil High School during a game.
• ·Gwangju was the site of the military’s bloody crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in May 1980.
• ·The suspension is expected to have significant consequences for the students, whose athletic records can influence college admissions and future professional careers.
• ·But it has also raised questions about whether punishment should be accompanied by education aimed at preventing similar incidents.

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