Could you imagine what the reaction would be if for example the Bush administration in the US tried to do something like this?

A total of 244 civil servants, mostly teachers, were indicted Thursday on charges of making illegal donations as contributing members of a political party, prosecutors said Thursday.

According to laws, public officials are banned from joining political parties and only official members can donate to their parties.  [Yonhap]

At first glance you would think that it is a bit extreme to tell a teacher they cannot participate in political activities.  However, the KTEWU is not any normal union.  This group routinely indoctrinates students with pro-communist propaganda, spreads anti-government lies, and anti-Americanism in the classrooms of Korean schools.  To further emphasize where the true loyalties of this organization lies, the political party they were caught giving money to, the DLP was linked to a North Korean spy scandal.

So considering the past activities of this teachers’ union, it is easy to understand why the Lee government is taking the measures they are.