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

A controversy over high school baseball players chanting slogans mocking the 1980 Gwangju Democratic Uprising has opened a broader 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 mil ...