Seoul student rights ordinance survives repeal attempt

Seoul's student rights ordinance will remain in effect after the city council on Tuesday rejected a proposal to abolish it, ending a renewed attempt to scrap the controversial measure. The Seoul Metropolitan Council voted down a motion to reconsider the repeal ordinance at a plenary session, with 117 of 118 members voting against the repeal ordinance and one abstaining. No lawmakers voted in favor. The result means the Seoul Student Human Rights Ordinance, which had faced possible abolition, wil