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Child protection

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The Korea News Editors’ Association holds a debate session on prevention of suicide and filicides at the Seoul Press Center in central Seoul on Aug. 26. [KOREA NEWS EDITOR'S ASSOCIATION]

Trying to kill your kid isn't child abuse? Rise in cases sparks calls for legal changes.

Instances of parents murdering their children and taking their own lives have increased over the years in Korea, with child survivors left exposed to lifelong trauma but ineligible to receive child abuse protections.

2025.8.27

The National Assembly building is seen in Yeouido, western Seoul in June. [YONHAP]

Parliamentary research arm pushes for trust system to protect earnings of underage performers

The National Assembly Research Service on Friday published a report calling for a trust system to protect the salaries of child or teenage celebrities from mismanagement by their parents and legal guardians.

2025.5.9

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The Seoul High Court handed down prison sentences on Wednesday to five men who committed sexual offenses against underage students. [JOONGANG PHOTO]

Appellate court sentences 5 men to prison for sexually abusing minors

Five men in their 30s and a man in his 20s were all handed stiffer sentences by the Seoul High Court on Wednesday for a range of sexual offenses against underage students.

2024.5.2

Seo Jun-won suspended after being indicted for violating child sexual offenses act

The KBO on Tuesday indefinitely suspended Seo Jun-won after the former Lotte Giants pitcher was indicted without detention on charges of violating the Act on the Protection of Children and Youth Against Sex Offense.

2023.3.28

Prompt resolutions to international child abductions key

There are abduction cases between Korea and the United States that have been pending for more than 12 months, and the longest pending case has been unresolved for over three years.

2023.2.8

The walls of the kitchen are charred after a pair of young brothers set their house on fire trying to cook ramyeon at their home in Yonghyeon-dong in Michuhol District, Incheon, on Sept. 14. Their mother had been away since the previous day, and the boys, severely burned, remain unconscious a week later. [NEWS1]

Mother of siblings who caused a fire cooking ramyeon faces neglect allegations

A pair of young siblings from Incheon set their house on fire after trying to cook themselves a bowl of ramyeon, or instant noodles, and both remain unconscious in the hospital over a week later.

2020.9.22

Tag: Child protection

Child protection

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Trying to kill your kid isn't child abuse? Rise in cases sparks calls for legal changes.

Parliamentary research arm pushes for trust system to protect earnings of underage performers

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Appellate court sentences 5 men to prison for sexually abusing minors

Seo Jun-won suspended after being indicted for violating child sexual offenses act

Prompt resolutions to international child abductions key

Mother of siblings who caused a fire cooking ramyeon faces neglect allegations