Sir Alex Ferguson, who is the former coach of the Manchester United, said that SNS is a waste of time. In a way, this saying makes sense because a recent school violence scandal was triggered by SNS. Many famous sports stars and celebrities decided to do a permanent moratorium or retirement.

▲ Lee Jae-young and Lee Da-young was first of school violence scandal

This incident throws back to 2020. Lee Da-young, who is a star volleyball player of Heungkuk Life Insurance Pink Spiders, uploaded the word which is seemed to shoot someone. At that time, the trouble between Lee Da-young and Kim Yeon-kyung, who is a captain of the team, came to the fore, so the word seeemed to shoot her. On February, 7, 2021, Lee Da-young was hospitalized. At that time, the victims of school violence by Lee Da-young exposed the school violence of Lee Da-young and Lee Jae-young, who is the older sister of Lee Da-young. Then, the tow sisters cannot make good as a player. So, the two sister got indefinite ban and deprivation of the member of a national team. This issue spread to many fields. According to an article by Im Eun-byel who is a reporter of Korea Herald, Actors Cho byeong-kyu, Park Hye-su, Kim Dong-hee and K-pop stars Soojin of Girl Band (G)I-dle, Mingyu of boy band seventeen are involved in school violence scandal.

▲ There are so many school violence cases

There are so many school violence cases in South Korea, especially in sports and entertainment field. Why these two fields have many violence cases? The first answer is South Korea's medal-only meritocracy. South Korea's coaches of the sports and entertainment only emphasize the skill and results, while the personality is neglected. Also, they overlook the violence of the best player to worst player. Another reason is the heaviest punishment. According to South Korea's juvenile law, the heaviest punishment on school violence is two years prison labor, and there are some people who were not punished. For example, An Woo-jin, who is the pitcher of Kiwoom Heroes, works as a baseball player in spite of his violence.

No matter how the problem is serious, there are some solutions to solve the problem. One thing is intensification of school violence. It can decrease the cases of school violence, and it can prevent the accident which aggressor is rich and victim is poor. Another thing is personality improvement. It can make a better person who has a good personality. School violence is terrible to victims. Only strong punishment and appropriate compensation can end this incident.

By Yejun Byun