![Mourners gather to commemorate the death of a school teacher at Seo2 Elementary School in Seocho District, southern Seoul on July 23. She was allegedly harassed by the parents of her students over a school violence case. [NEWS1] Mourners gather to commemorate the death of a school teacher at Seo2 Elementary School in Seocho District, southern Seoul on July 23. She was allegedly harassed by the parents of her students over a school violence case. [NEWS1]](/data/photo/editor/2025/05/15/a3de9601-3a92-4c3d-a695-668c39a005df.jpg)
Conditions, pay, pressure pushing teachers to leave job
A 27-year-old teacher, surnamed Oh, who worked at an elementary school in Jeju Island for three years, left the profession last year to become a real estate appraiser.