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Gyeonggi budget cuts halt postpartum subsidy, strain cities and public agencies

The province’s funding cuts will leave newborns from October ineligible for support while straining cities, welfare programs and public agencies.

2026.9.14

Nurses take care of newborns at a public postpartum care center in Seoul on Dec. 26, 2023. [YONHAP]

'Inequality in childbirth costs': Price for postpartum care centers vary as much as 33.5 times

The cost of using postpartum care centers in Korea varies by as much as 33.5 times, with the most expensive two-week stay priced at 40.2 million won ($28,300) and the cheapest at 1.2 million won.

2025.10.10

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Nurses and staff care for newborns at a postpartum care center in Seoul on the afternoon of Feb. 28, 2024. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

FTC orders postpartum care centers to revise 'unfair' refund policies

Korea’s largest postpartum care centers can no longer bar refunds for early departures or avoid liability for infectious disease outbreaks after the Fair Trade Commission (FTC) moved to strike down what it called unfair contract terms.

2025.9.24

A worker takes care of newborn babies at a postpartum care center in Seoul on Feb. 28, 2024, in this photo unrelated to the story. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

YouTuber claims her 6-day-old baby was mistakenly switched with another by care center

A YouTuber said her newborn was mistakenly switched with another baby at a postpartum care center, an incident the facility initially denied before apologizing four days later.

2025.8.28

View of a ward in a public postpartum care center in Hongseong County, South Chungcheong [SOUTH CHUNGCHEONG PROVINCIAL OFFICE]

Competition for spots at Korean postpartum care clinics fierce despite birthrate

The competition for reserving a ward at one of Korea's postpartum care centers is fierce among parents-to-be while the clinics up their hospitalization fees amid the lowering demand from the nation's plummeting birthrates.

2023.3.14

Critical gap in Korea’s postpartum care (KOR)

To resolve the low birth rate in Korea, macroscopic structure reform may be important. But I am not sure what it would mean if society cannot address the issue of postpartum care for all mothers.

2022.8.22

Critical gap in Korea’s postpartum care

To resolve the low birth rate in Korea, macroscopic structure reform may be important. But I am not sure what it would mean if society cannot address the issue of postpartum care for all mothers.

2022.8.21

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postpartum care

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Gyeonggi budget cuts halt postpartum subsidy, strain cities and public agencies

'Inequality in childbirth costs': Price for postpartum care centers vary as much as 33.5 times

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FTC orders postpartum care centers to revise 'unfair' refund policies

YouTuber claims her 6-day-old baby was mistakenly switched with another by care center

Competition for spots at Korean postpartum care clinics fierce despite birthrate

Critical gap in Korea’s postpartum care (KOR)

Critical gap in Korea’s postpartum care