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Friday, April 23, 2010
Korea's Supreme Court Says Private Mission School Must Respect Students' Religious Rights
South Korea's Supreme Court yesterday sent back for retrial a damage action brought by a 24-year old law student who six years ago was expelled by a Protestant high school for protesting a required religion class. JoongAng Daily reports on the decision that held students' religious freedom must be respected even by private mission schools because students are assigned to the schools through a random lottery instead of by their own choice. Plaintiff Kang Ui-seok says that if he wins at his retrial, he will follow the Christian teaching of "love your enemies," and will return the money to the school.