Parliament Passes Bill to Toughen Punishment, Up to Death Penalty, for Infanticide

SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The National Assembly passed a bill Tuesday to toughen the punishment, up to the death penalty, for the killing of newborn babies and related cases of body abandonment amid public outrage over the recent deaths of unregistered infants. The revision of the Criminal Act calls for elevating the punishment [...]