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At the end of last year, Kiwoom Heroes rookie Park Joon-hyun (19, who is scheduled to graduate from Cheonan Bukil High School), the No. 1 overall draft of the 2026 KBO League, emerged at the center of the topic in the baseball world. At first, there was a disposition that he did not commit school violence (school violence) in high school, but the controversy reignited as the Chungnam Office of Education canceled it and reversed that he should apologize in writing.
The Administrative Appeals Committee of the Chungcheongnam-do Office of Education decided on December 8 last year, "We will cancel the decision of 'no action' made by the Cheonan Office of Education to Park Joon-hyun and change it to a written apology (No. 1)." In other words, Park Jun-hyun's school record was initially ruled "no charges" but was overturned to "some charges" through an administrative trial.
This is a change in the judgment due to the request for an administrative trial by the victim student. Immediately after the rookie draft event on September 17 last year, the victim was enraged by Park Joon-hyun's remarks that he was "confident" and filed an administrative trial to draw some recognition. Park Joon-hyun can also request a retrial of the decision, including an administrative lawsuit, but no move has been made so far.
In a phone call with Star News, an official of the Chungnam Office of Education's Administrative Appeals Committee explained, "Just to speak legally, Park Joon-hyun can also file a lawsuit within 90 days after receiving the document on the disposition." In the end, it seems that Park Joon-hyun's side has only an alternative choice to file a lawsuit for "no charges" or admit the most minor disposition, "No. 1." However, it is expected to take some time if the administrative lawsuit proceeds. If the legal battle is prolonged, it can also affect Park Joon-hyun's preparation for the 2026 season.
The issue of school violence in the athletic department is quite an old one. Even after decades, it has not been easily uprooted. However, the recent school violence problem has changed somewhat. Direct physical violence is virtually disappearing due to the relatively easy access to evidence due to the spread of CCTVs and smartphones, but emotional school violence such as clever verbal abuse, insults, gaslighting, and bullying are replacing them.
The case of Park Joon-hyun's school violence is also showing this pattern. According to the Administrative Appeals Commission, Park Joon-hyun said "Yeo Mi-sae (a XX crazy about women)" to the victim around 2023 and sent a DM (direct message) saying "ㅂㅅ."
Moreover, compared to the past, the school violence problem is intensifying into a proxy war between students' parents. As it affects athletes' college entrance and professional nomination, the school violence problem is leading to legal and emotional fights between parents. In addition to raising a counterattack, law firms are also mobilizing. For this reason, some law firms have lawyers specializing in school violence.
According to Lee Kyung-seok, a lawyer at Taekwang, a law firm, who defended the victim of Park Joon-hyun's case, which led to the reversal of the administrative trial, the victim filed an additional complaint against Park Joon-hyun's mother on charges of innocence. They claim that they invited other students and falsely accused them of school violence. In response, lawyer Lee explained in a phone call with Star News that "the police investigation is in its early stages."
Eventually, reconciliation and emotional resolution among students disappeared, and the focus seems to be solely on deleting school records and lowering the level of disciplinary action. An incumbent physical education teacher, who is in charge of school violence on the front line, also told Star News on the phone, "Now school violence has become a battle between parents. In this situation, there are so many difficulties from the standpoint of coordinating the school violence and mediating the conflict. Now that it affects entrance examinations or entrance examinations, it is difficult to recommend only reconciliation," he said.
The teacher then said, "As I'm in charge of the school curriculum, I'm very interested in the case of public debate. Starting with Kiwoom Heroes' Ahn Woo-jin, I am also well aware of baseball cases such as Doosan Bears' Kim Yoo-sung and Park Joon-hyun, he said. "However, there is a tendency to flow too stimulating compared to the reality." It is also true that there is a clear tendency for the public to be angry when the word "academic violence" is seen in the title of the article. It is clear that the perpetrators of school violence should not be defended. But I think it will also become more important to look at it from an objective perspective," he added.
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