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Delinquent Parents Face Tougher Penalties as Child Support Cases Rise

Delinquent Parents Face Tougher Penalties as Child Support Cases Rise

SEOUL, Aug. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting next month, South Korea will strengthen its child support advance payment system to prevent delinquent parents from evading enforcement by making only partial payments, the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family said Tuesday. The program, launched in July 2024, allows the government to provide unpaid child support directly [...]

Four out of Five Teens Own Smartphones

Four out of Five Teens Own Smartphones

SEOUL, Korea, Mar 5 (Korea Bizwire) – Four out of five Korean teens possess smartphones and of all the functions they use mostly for chatting through mobile messengers services like KakaoTalk. Also, one out of four has had experience viewing adult contents through them. According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family which conducted [...]