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No glory for bullies: South Korea's school violence epidemic

'There was only one thing I wished for. I wished someone could help me,' Korean hairdresser Pyo Ye-rim told AFP.

BUSAN, South Korea: Pins hidden in her shoes, head forced down a toilet, kicked in the stomach: Korean hairdresser Pyo Ye-rim suffered a litany of abuse from school bullies, but now she's speaking out.

The 26-year-old is part of a phenomenon sweeping South Korea known as "Hakpok #MeToo", where people who were bullied publicly name and shame the perpetrators of school violence -- "hakpok" in Korean -- decades after the alleged crimes.

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