SEOUL, Feb. 4 (Korea Bizwire) - Kang Eun-hee, the newly appointed gender minister, said Thursday she will strengthen parental education to eradicate child abuse in the country. Extreme cases of violence against children have shocked the country every year, with the latest one having surfaced just a day earlier. On Wednesday, a pastor and his wife [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — New day care centers are required to set up security cameras, the welfare ministry said Friday, as part of South Korea’s efforts to curb child abuse. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said security cameras should be installed in places where babies and kids spend most of their time, [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – A local court issued a warrant to formally arrest a daycare teacher accused of assaulting a 4-year-old girl in a widely reported case that has caused national uproar in South Korea. Choi Ui-ho, a judge at the Incheon District Court, approved the arrest of the 33-year old female teacher [...]
SEOUL, Korea, Nov 04 (Korea Bizwire) – Child abuse has been a serious problem in Korea and it is more so of late. For the past ten years, the incidence of mistreatment of children has more than doubled. The cases of child abuse received last year by 49 children’s protection agencies were 6,403. The number of children [...]