SEOUL, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The average amount of severance pay for retirement falls short of 100 million won (US$91,000), far below the expectations among those in their 40s and 50s that they would need at least 200 million won to support their children’s education as well as their marriage after they retire. The [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean children are gaining weight as the coronavirus pandemic drags on, forcing them to stay home. A lack of physical activity and increased consumption of snacks and late-night meals are seen as primary factors. At a local academic conference last year, one of the studies pointed to a [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly 20 percent of newlyweds in South Korea going into the fifth year of their marriage do not have children, breaking previous records. Statistics Korea said Tuesday that 18.3 percent of couples five years into their marriage did not have children as of last year, setting a record in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Those who engage in sex trafficking of children or youths below the age of 16 will face tougher punishment in South Korea. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Thursday that the revised act on the protection of children and juveniles against sexual abuse passed at the parliament [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The ongoing coronavirus pandemic continues to take a toll on public schools, imposing pressure on local daycare centers and children’s welfare facilities. A rising number of infections in Seoul resulted in daycare centers being asked to shut down on Nov. 27. However, many centers continue to open at least [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Under a new government policy, if child abuse reports are made to the police or other child protective authorities more than two times the children in concern will be separated from their abusers immediately. South Korea’s law enforcement agencies and public servants in charge of the protection of children [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Shameless parents who claim the wealth of late children they abandoned are angering the public. Such cases have been brought to light repeatedly but the National Assembly remains prudent when it comes to the revision of related laws. A total of five legislative bills designed to block such shameless [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The new coronavirus pandemic has had a negative impact on children’s nutritional intake and other aspects of welfare, a survey by a nongovernmental group showed Tuesday. A survey by Seoul-based charity group Good Neighbors, conducted in June on 6,750 children from age 4-18 and their parents, showed that the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — A revision of the Civil Law banning corporal punishment of children in principle passed through the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday, the Ministry of Justice said. The ministry said the legal revision, which would eliminate a provision on parents’ rights to punish their children, was approved by the Cabinet meeting [...]