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 [...]
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 [...]
SEJONG, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean stay-at-home fathers reached an all-time high in March as fewer women took charge of bringing up kids, government data showed Monday. A total of 13,000 South Korean men outside the labor force were in charge of child care last month, up 6,000 from a [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of men going on paternity leave jumped 23 percent last year from the previous year, reflecting cultural and policy changes, the labor ministry said Wednesday. The total number of private sector workers requesting paternity leave stood at 27,423 last year, more than double the number in 2017 [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that the majority of South Korean adults support the idea of ‘Latte Papas’. Latte Papas refers to fathers holding coffee in one hand and pushing a baby carriage with another, a terminology that began in Sweden to describe fathers willing to take on more [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — On the first Friday evening of every month, Jeong So-hee does her makeup meticulously, dons nice clothes and the best of her jewelry before heading out for a 10 p.m. appointment that comes with a special set of rules. The first such rule for the girls’ night event with [...]
“I fully respect that now Korea is a first world country and that the people who live here, they should be able to take care of the children that are born here.” “Korea made a decision to decrease the number of intercountry adoptions every year. But we understand now that while the number of intercountry [...]
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 [...]