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Korea to allow short-term parental leave, expand support for fathers from August and September

New rules let workers take one- or two-week parental leave for urgent child care needs while broadening paternity and spouse-support leave.

2026.8.11

President Lee Jae Myung speaks during a Cabinet meeting at the Blue House in central Seoul on March 10. [YONHAP]

Lee calls for new measures to promote paternity leave

President Lee Jae Myung on Tuesday called for new measures to promote paternity leave, pointing out that men still feel discouraged and end up not taking it.

2026.3.10

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A family of parents and children is seen on a street in Seoul on Feb. 23. [YONHAP]

Ministry of Personnel Management proposes amendments to expand parental leave policy

Civil servants in Korea may soon be able to take parental leave for children up to age 12, or through sixth grade in elementary school.

2025.9.18

A family moves through central Seoul on Feb. 23. [YONHAP]

Fathers take parental leave in record numbers, accounting for 36%

The number of Koreans taking parental leave surged nearly 37 percent in the first half of this year, with fathers accounting for a record share of more than 36 percent.

2025.7.27

A nurse take cares of newborn babies in a hospital in Seoul last month. [NEWS1]

Korean gov't aims to increase paternity leave to 70% by 2030

The Korean government on Tuesday set plans to enable 70 percent of working fathers to take paternity leave over the next seven years to boost the nation’s chronically low birthrate and to foster a parenting-friendly environment.

2024.12.3

A father and his daughter look at installed exhibits at the National Hangeul Museum in Yongsan District, central Seoul in October last year. [NEWS1]

Stay-at-home fathers hit record last year

Sixteen-thousand fathers left the workforce last year to raise children, but women are still bear a vast majority of parenting responsibility.

2024.2.23

Taking parental leave is easier said than done, civic group claims

Companies have been required to offer paid parental leave for over 30 years. In practice, taking time off when having a child is not that easy to do, with a slew of informal company practices getting in the way of people exercising their ...

2021.10.13

Tag: paternity leave

paternity leave

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Lee calls for new measures to promote paternity leave

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Ministry of Personnel Management proposes amendments to expand parental leave policy

Fathers take parental leave in record numbers, accounting for 36%

Korean gov't aims to increase paternity leave to 70% by 2030

Stay-at-home fathers hit record last year

Taking parental leave is easier said than done, civic group claims