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Seoul City to Provide Monthly Subsidy to Grandparents, Relatives Providing Child Care

Seoul City to Provide Monthly Subsidy to Grandparents, Relatives Providing Child Care

SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government will provide a monthly subsidy of 300,000 won (US$242) to families relying on grandparents or relatives for child care as part of a project to help relieve the burden of raising children, officials said Tuesday. The city plans to invest a total of 14.7 trillion [...]

Blanket 10-yr Child Care Career Ban on Emotional Child Abusers Unconstitutional

Blanket 10-yr Child Care Career Ban on Emotional Child Abusers Unconstitutional

SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court struck down a law that bans those who are fined for emotional child abuse from working at a child care center for 10 years, saying it excessively restricts the basic rights of those subject to the law. The court decision follows a petition filed by a [...]

Seoul City Gov’t Opens 10 Halfway Homes for Late Teens

Seoul City Gov’t Opens 10 Halfway Homes for Late Teens

SEOUL, Korea, Jan 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul Metropolitan City Government said on January 16 that it would establish ten “halfway houses” for teenagers who have had difficulty integrating with society after graduating from children’s welfare facilities. Currently there are 3,600 children living in such facilities within the city government’s jurisdiction. Of these, an [...]