SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The “baby box,” introduced in South Korea 14 years ago by Joosarang Community Church in Seoul to help parents who cannot afford to rear children, continues to be a controversial issue in the country. Since the drop box, where unmarried mothers can leave unwanted infants, was first set up [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In the last five years, the vast majority of the babies abandoned in baby boxes were found to have been sent to so-called ‘protection facilities’. The Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea (BAI) reported on Tuesday that between 2014 and 2018, 929 baby orphans out of 962 (96.6 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – Attached to a concrete wall covered in colorful murals in a neighborhood in southern Seoul, a small metal handle leads to an unlikely crawlspace barely large enough for a newborn. Balmy warmth fills the interior thanks to a heating system. But the space is for those who are losing [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) – Reverend Lee Jong-rak of Jusarang Community Church set up Korea’s first baby box in Seoul in October 2009 to save the lives of unwanted children. Since its installation, the church has taken in more than 600 newborns. According to Reverend Lee, as the existence of the baby box became [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A newborn baby was found buried in a rubbish heap on January 25 in Jeju City, Jeju Island. The baby was not alive when a resident discovered the body, whose umbilical cord had been cut in a careless manner, raising the possibility that an unmarried mother had delivered the [...]