This study is to explore corporal punishment in school in major countries and its implications. First, concepts of corporal punishment and their effects are described. Second, corporal punishment of students in schools in major countries is reviewed: the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, and South Africa. Third, instructional implications from information related to corporal punishment in major countries are discussed to determine applications to the uses of corporal punishment of students in Korean schools. The views of corporal punishment in major countries are summarized as follow: First, presently only the U. S. still condone corporal punishment in public schools, but most schools prohibit physical punishment for students. Second, over the decades most other developed countries have abolished corporal punishment for students on the premise that it is inhumane, has a negative influence on learning, serves no educational purpose, and has no rational justification. Rather, most countries suggest that tight and specific school disciplines as alternatives to corporal punishment should be provided for effective schooling. As a result, implications regarding corporal punishment in the Republic of Korea suggests a necessary effort to abolish it and provide strict and specific procedures and methods of discipline as alternatives of corporal punishment in schools.