SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The horrific death of a 16-month-old allegedly abused by her adoptive parents has triggered an outpouring of grief nationwide and anger over many missed chances to save her. The girl, named Jung-in, died at a hospital in western Seoul on Oct. 13, hours after she was taken to the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — President Moon Jae-in called Monday for better protection of young adoptees and stronger oversight of adoption procedures, amid public outrage over a fatal child abuse case. Citizens voiced anger online and offline over the case involving a 16-month-old adoptee who died in October, allegedly after having been abused by [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Under a new government policy, if child abuse reports are made to the police or other child protective authorities more than two times the children in concern will be separated from their abusers immediately. South Korea’s law enforcement agencies and public servants in charge of the protection of children [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Local governments will take up the responsibilities previously held by child protection agencies to launch investigations in cases of child abuse. The Ministry of Health and Welfare announced that a bill to amend the Child Welfare Act was approved at a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, which will enable local authorities [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Two young brothers in Incheon who suffered severe burn injuries earlier this week were found to be abuse victims, in a tragedy that was compounded by the coronavirus pandemic. The boys, 8 and 10, were engulfed in flames on Monday while cooking instant noodles for lunch. Their mother was [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of child abuse cases in South Korea jumped 22.1 percent in 2019 from a year earlier, with deaths from mistreatment spiking 50 percent, a government report showed Monday. The annual report showed confirmed cases of abuse came to 30,045 in 2019, up from 24,604 in 2018, while [...]
SEOUL, July 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean plans to mandate tougher punishment for parents who abuse their children and provide a safety net for at-risk children, the education ministry said Wednesday. As part of the measures, the government plans to scrap a decades-old law that allows people with parental rights to physically punish their [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 30,000 cases of child abuse were reported in South Korea last year, marking an increase of over 20 percent from the previous year, a lawmaker said Thursday, citing government data. Authorities received 41,388 reports of child abuse in 2019 and tentatively confirmed acts of maltreatment in 30,070 [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The new coronavirus has upended daily life for people around the world. And many children have been hurt as a result due to being locked at home with abusive and neglectful parents. In the southern city of Changnyeong, a 9-year-old girl was found wandering on a roadside by a [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of child abuse cases in which the South Korean police took action last year rose 23.5 percent from 2016 to 3,696 in 2018, including 278 cases that took place at day care centers for kids, police data showed Monday. The data, submitted by the National Police Agency [...]