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Child Abuse Cases Top 30,000 in 2019, with 42 Deaths Caused by Mistreatment

SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of child abuse cases in South Korea jumped 22.1 percent in 2019 from a year earlier, with deaths from mistreatment spiking 50 percent, a government report showed Monday. The annual report showed confirmed cases of abuse came to 30,045 in 2019, up from 24,604 in 2018, while [...]

SNU Ethics Committee Launches Probe into Professor’s Alleged Mistreatment of a Dog

SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul National University (SNU) has launched an investigation into veterinary professor Lee Byeong-chun, who has been accused of abusing a working dog, which is mobilized for quarantines and other work, in the course of testing. It was announced on Tuesday that the Special Committee on Animal Testing Ethics is [...]