SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Both parents will be allowed to take childcare leave at the same time for the same child, beginning early next year, when a revision of a relevant law goes into effect, government officials said Tuesday. The Cabinet meeting approved a revision of Enforcement Decree of the Act on Equal [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In the last five years, the vast majority of the babies abandoned in baby boxes were found to have been sent to so-called ‘protection facilities’. The Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea (BAI) reported on Tuesday that between 2014 and 2018, 929 baby orphans out of 962 (96.6 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Countries are expanding social childcare and education systems in attempt to eliminate career breaks for women caused by childbirth and childcare. Unlike in major developed countries, however, the employment rate of women and kindergarten enrollment of children in South Korea is not directly proportional. According to an analysis released [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Four out of ten women in households with children under the age of 6 have experienced career breaks in the process of giving birth and raising children, a survey showed. Among all households surveyed, 40.3 percent had women quit their job to give birth and raise their children, a [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study has revealed that 8 out of 10 people who help take care of toddlers at home are their grandparents, mostly from their mother’s side. More than half of them are known to take care of the babies without any form of financial compensation. According to the [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea was nearly at the bottom of child and family welfare rankings among other major economies, a government report showed Thursday. In 2017, South Korea spent 1.1 percent of its gross domestic product on child and welfare costs, including maternity leave, according to the report by the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Cases of maternal filicide (the killing of a child by their own parent) have raised shock, outrage, and concern across the nation. A large number of the “murders” are open-and-shut cases in that the mothers voluntarily called the police and 119 (emergency services) after causing the deaths of their children. What [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — According to a new report, newly married couples who live close to the wife’s parents tend to have a child earlier than others. According to the latest edition of the Health and Social Welfare Review released by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) on Monday, married couples living [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Fathers are far less committed than mothers to everyday parenting, such as taking part in a child’s school events, a local study showed Monday, raising calls for the adoption of a more parents-friendly work system in the country. According to the latest research by the Korea Institute of Child [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean steelmaker POSCO is introducing new comprehensive birth encouragement policies that will help pregnant employees from pregnancy through to child care. The company’s labor union said yesterday that pregnant employees will receive support through all stages of pregnancy, from childbirth to babysitting, allowing employees to have a healthy [...]