A growing number of women in their 50s and 60s are finding part-time work in caretaking and housekeeping services, while the number of men in delivery work has decreased compared to last year.
The government, the legislature and social organizations must consider the adoption of the anonymous birth system under protection by society.
Three more additional cases of parents burying newborns that were not reported to the local governments were discovered since a nationwide investigation started since Wednesday. Most of the cases were caused by economic hardship.
The baby weighed 800 grams (1.7 pounds) and was 50 centimeters tall (19.7 inches). The naked corpse was found by a sanitation worker around 3 a.m. on Thursday.
A nine-month old infant with Vietnamese parents died of suffocation just a week after he was enrolled in a daycare last year. The daycare director covered the child with a blanket and placed a pillow and a cushion to force the child to fall asleep.
The mother of an eight-month-old infant who died while the mother was out of the house was given a suspended sentence after the court blamed society for "failing to protect socially vulnerable groups."
Starting next year, under the subsidy titled “parent payment,” households with a child under the age of one will receive 700,000 won ($535) every month and 350,000 won for a child aged between 12 and 23 months.
A seven-month-old infant who was on home treatment died of Covid-19 last week. Last Friday, the parents who were on home treatment with the child called 119 when he started convulsing.
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