SEOUL: Pyo Ye-rim, a hairstylist who became an advocate for the legal rights of school bullying survivors in South Korea, has died in an apparent suic...
Pyo Ye-rim, a hairstylist who became an advocate for the legal rights of school bullying survivors in South Korea, has died in an apparent suicide, local police said on October 12, 2023. AFPPIX: Pyo Ye-rim, a hairstylist who became an advocate for the legal rights of school bullying survivors in South Korea, has died in an apparent suicide, local police said. She was 27.
Pyo also sought changes to South Korea's defamation laws to allow victims to speak out without fear of being sued. Critics have argued there are numerous practical issues -- and considerations of fairness -- with pursuing cases committed by minors years after the fact. Despite battling depression and insomnia she attributed to her treatment at school, she last year opened her own hair salon, Arin Daum, in the southern port city of Busan.Pyo believed South Korea's statute of limitations should be changed so bullies could be held accountable for violence perpetrated in schools, even decades later.
The late advocate also called for an overhaul of South Korea's criminal defamation laws, which currently allow alleged bullies to sue their accusers for damages and win -- even if their victims are telling the truth.
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