SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Women in their 40s and men in their 60s attend the most divorce counseling sessions out of all age groups, data released by a provider of free legal consultation services showed. The Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations reported that 59.8 percent of 73,432 counseling sessions conducted since [...]
SEOUL, May 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The share of remarried spouses among multicultural couples who undergo divorce counselling is higher than that of Korean couples, data released by a provider of free legal consultation services showed Wednesday. The number of divorce counselling sessions offered to multicultural couples consisting of a foreign wife and Korean husband [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Most divorced Vietnamese immigrant women in South Korea bring back their children whom they sent to their home country after divorce once they achieve economic self-reliance, an analysis of data showed Tuesday. Choi Soo-ahn, a doctorate student in the Department of Multicultural Studies & Education at Inha University, said [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s divorce rate typically rises when global economic crises occur, but not this time. The divorce rate actually declined last year when the global economy faltered due to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Statistics Korea, the number of divorce cases stood at 97,331 in the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The divorce rate for elderly couples in South Korea has more than doubled over the past 20 years. The number of elderly couples who chose to split up after 20 years of marriage reached 38,446 cases last year, accounting for 34.7 percent of the total divorces, up from 15,816 [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — ‘Bad Fathers’ is a website well-known for exposing the names and pictures of men failing to provide child support after divorce. The website recently faced a complaint that exposing an individual’s personal information solely upon reports from a person with child custody, without proper review of the intent to [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The counseling rate for ‘gray divorce’ – marital splits among seniors – between men and women in their 60s and older has increased sharply over the past 20 years. According to statistics from the Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations, a total of 4,783 divorce consultations were conducted [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Ending a legal fight that lasted over five years, South Korea’s top court said Monday it has reaffirmed a lower court’s ruling accepting a divorce claim filed by Lee Boo-jin, the eldest daughter of the family that owns Samsung. The Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision that ordered [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — An appellate court on Thursday upheld a lower court’s ruling by granting a divorce to the eldest daughter of Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Kun-hee and ordering her to pay her former husband 14.1 billion won (US$11.7 million) from asset division. The asset split amount for the ex-husband was an [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Can conflicts stemming from holidays be grounds for divorce? Judging by recent court decisions, the times are changing. The Chuseok holiday is supposed to be a fun and enjoyable occasion when family members gather together to share food and give thanks to their ancestors. However, it can also be [...]