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For South Korea’s Self-Employed, Child-Rearing Poses Daunting Financial Hurdles

For South Korea’s Self-Employed, Child-Rearing Poses Daunting Financial Hurdles

SEJONG, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – In South Korea’s rapidly aging society, where the government has been scrambling to encourage childbirth through expanded parental leave benefits, a significant segment of the workforce finds itself left out: the self-employed.  Park Chang-hyun, 34, works as a delivery rider in Gwangju. When he recently inquired about parental leave allowances [...]

Parents Struggle with Childcare Amid Lack of Flexible Work Options and High Cost of Nannies

Parents Struggle with Childcare Amid Lack of Flexible Work Options and High Cost of Nannies

SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Internet parenting communities are abuzz with posts from parents who have returned to work and are struggling to find childcare solutions, such as hiring a nanny, for their children’s school pick-ups and drop-offs. Many parents are resorting to various channels like second-hand sales sites and apartment group chats to find [...]

Incheon Welcomes First Beneficiary of “100 Million+i Dream” Policy

Incheon Welcomes First Beneficiary of “100 Million+i Dream” Policy

INCHEON, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – On the first day of 2024, a joyous event took place at the Gachon University Gil Hospital: the birth of a healthy baby girl weighing 3.4 kg. The newborn, affectionately nicknamed ‘Horam’, combines the characters ‘Ho’ from her father Choi Ho-kyu (40) and ‘Ram’ from her mother Kim Bo-ram (36). [...]

Unmarried Foreigners Raising a Child of Korean Nationality Alone to Benefit from State Subsidies

Unmarried Foreigners Raising a Child of Korean Nationality Alone to Benefit from State Subsidies

SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Low-income foreigners raising a child of Korean nationality alone will be eligible for the government’s monthly childcare support of 200,000 won (US$180) per month. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said that the Cabinet passed the revision of the enforcement ordinance of the Single-parent Family Support Act on [...]

Parents of Children with Disabilities Quitting Work for Childcare

Parents of Children with Disabilities Quitting Work for Childcare

SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of parents of children with developmental disabilities are being forced to quit their jobs to take care of their children due to the failing public daycare system following the coronavirus spread. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea conducted a survey of 1,174 parents of children with [...]

Gov’t to Expand Part-time Daycare Centers

Gov’t to Expand Part-time Daycare Centers

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will significantly expand its part-time childcare service next year, which allow parents to leave their children at childcare facilities for a short time only when needed. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Wednesday that it will expand the current 483 part-time childcare classes operating at daycare [...]