CHUNCHEON, Nov. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean court has ruled that a stepfather who nailed a window shut to stop his teenage stepson from opening it during winter did not commit emotional abuse, determining that the restriction was minimal and easily reversible. According to legal sources Sunday, the 51-year-old man, identified by his [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — In a recent ruling, South Korea’s Supreme Court determined that a teacher’s use of inappropriate language toward a disruptive student did not constitute emotional abuse under child welfare laws. The case centers on a 4th-grade teacher, identified as A, who was accused of verbally abusing a student, referred to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – On Wednesday, the South Korean parliament passed a revised bill for the Welfare of the Aged Act, which includes a ban on emotional abuse of the elderly, a decision that is seen as an enforcement of filial piety, given the increasing prevalence of violence against the elderly in Korea, [...]