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Bill to Increase Punishment for Infanticide Passes Nat’l Assembly Committee

SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — A bill to toughen the punishment for the intentional killing of newborn babies and relevant body abandonment passed a National Assembly committee Monday. The Legislation and Judiciary Committee approved the revision of the Criminal Act, which calls for raising the punishment for infanticide and abandonment of an infant’s body [...]

Number of Newborns Estimated at 360,000 for 2017

SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of newborn babies in South Korea is expected to be around 360,000 for all of 2017, data showed Sunday, marking the first time for the figure to fall below 400,000. According to the data compiled by the country’s health ministry and statistics agency, the number of newborn [...]