SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is pushing to revise a law that will permit divorced people to immediately claim part of the national pension received by their ex-spouses if the couple were married for at least one year, officials said Monday. Under the current system, a couple needs to be married for [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The welfare ministry said Monday it is reviewing a regulatory change that would allow divorcees to claim part of the national pension received by their ex-spouses after just one year of marriage. Eligibility for pension sharing currently comes with a number of prerequisites, including minimum five years in marriage [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A new law that would entitle each spouse to half of the other’s national pension funds upon divorce after a marriage period of one year or longer is being pushed forth. Under current laws, couples must be married for five years of more to be entitled to the same [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A new measure is being put forth that would allow for the immediate split of pension funds between spouses upon divorce. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare and the National Pension Service, a committee created by the ministry to overlook the use of funds by the National [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The divorce rate among married international couples has dropped noticeably in recent years. The Ministry of Justice says that this is due to an educational program that all international couples must go through before getting married. According to figures released by the Ministry of Justice and Statistics Korea, the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the family-friendly image of traditional holidays, a significant number of couples file for divorce around traditional family holidays such as Lunar New Year and Chuseok. Data from the National Court Administration shows that nearly twice as many married couples file for divorce during the 10 days before and after [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Justice issued a public notice on September 29 stating revisions to standing family laws had been passed by the National Assembly. Previously, babies born 200 days after the date of marriage or 300 days after the date of divorce were classified as children of the mother’s [...]
SEOUL, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The majority of South Korean women no longer see marriage as a necessity, but rather a choice, a new report from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs (KIHASA) has found. The same report also revealed that in recent years, divorce has moved from something forbidden to an ‘option [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Korean men who want to divorce their foreign spouse has quadrupled over the last six years, according to a report released by the Korea Legal Aid Center for family relations yesterday. The report, which was based on multicultural married couples who received divorce counseling last year, [...]
SEOUL, April 19 (Korea Bizwire) – A joint report from Statistics Korea and the Ministry of Gender Equality & Family revealed that six out of ten young Koreans aged from 13 to 24 approved of living together before tying the knot, another shift away from South Korea’s conservative perspectives on marriage. According to the study, [...]