CHUNCHEON, South Korea, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Son Woong-jung, the father of South Korean football star Son Heung-min and director of his namesake football academy, has been questioned by prosecutors over his child abuse allegations, sources said Wednesday. Per sources, prosecutors in Chuncheon, some 75 kilometers northeast of Seoul, questioned Son and two of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Children continue to fall victim to abuse every year but most victims return to the family member responsible for the abuse, even after it has been reported, data showed Monday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare revealed that 37,605 cases of child abuse were reported in 2021, an increase [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Eight out of 10 South Korean teachers feel anxiety about being reported for child abuse by their students, a survey showed Wednesday. According to the survey of 5,520 kindergarten, elementary, middle and high school teachers across the country conducted by the Korea Federation of Teachers’ Associations, 77 percent of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of cases officially deemed as child abuse incidents in South Korea grew 21.7 percent in 2021 from a year ago amid an increase in reports to authorities for intervention, a government report showed Wednesday. According to an annual welfare ministry report submitted to the National Assembly, the [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed a 35-year prison sentence for a woman charged with abusing her adopted toddler to death two years ago in one of the country’s most ghastly child abuse cases in recent years. The mother, surnamed Jang, was indicted on murder charges for abusing the [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A Supreme Court panel has raised the sentencing guidelines for child abuse, recommending at least life imprisonment or 20 years in prison for those convicted of murder by abuse, sources said Tuesday. The non-binding guidelines, which were revised during a meeting of the Supreme Court’s Sentencing Commission on Monday, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Friday commuted a life sentence to 35 years in prison for a woman charged with abusing her adopted toddler to death last year in one of the country’s most ghastly child abuse cases in recent years. The Seoul High Court convicted the adoptive mother, surnamed [...]
INCHEON, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A 32-year-old single mother was sentenced to 20 years behind bars Friday for leaving her three-year-old daughter home alone for three days, causing her to die of dehydration and neglect. The Incheon District Court also ordered her to take 40 hours of child abuse therapy and barred her from [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — A woman who abused her adopted daughter to death was sentenced to life in prison on Friday in a fatal child abuse case that shocked the country. The Seoul Southern District Court ruled that the woman, surnamed Jang, intentionally harmed her daughter, named Jung-in, dismissing her claim that the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The National Assembly is pushing for a law revision to strengthen the punishment of homicide by child abuse in the wake of a series of recent fatal abuse cases that shocked the nation. The Legislation and Judiciary Committee on Thursday passed a revision bill on child abuse crimes, under [...]