Seoul to allow schoolchildren to dye or perm their hair

SEOUL - Middle and high school students in the South Korean capital city will be given freedom to do whatever they want with their hair. Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education (SMOE) said it will push to revise the relevant rules to allow all middle and high school students to dye or perm their hair -- a practice which is largely banned in Seoul schools -- starting next year. "(The right to dye or perm one's hair is) part of one's basic rights," said Cho Hee-yeon, the superintendent of SMOE. "We would like to create a learning environment where one enjoys both a sense of freedom and the values of democracy." According to a study by a group of parents, which surveyed some 200 middle ...

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