Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations

KFTA
The Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations
Korean: 한국교원단체총연합회
FoundedNovember 23, 1947 (1947-11-23)
Headquarters114, Taebong-ro, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Members
~120,000
Key people
Ha Yun-su (37th president)
Websitekfta.or.kr

The Korean Federation of Teachers' Associations (KFTA, Korean: 한국교원단체총연합회) is the largest and most traditional professional organization and teachers' union in South Korea, with more than 120,000 members. It means 30% of the Korean educators are KFTA's members. The KFTA member is composed of school teachers, college professors, and perspective teachers.
The organization was first launched in 1947 as the Chosun Education Association one year before the establishment of the Korean government. Ever since then, the organization's main objectives are to accomplish quality public education and teacher's professionalism.