Korea moving to embrace diverse family types
Posted : 2021-05-02 15:11
Updated : 2021-05-02 18:34
Members of activist groups, including Political Mamas and the Korean Hanbumo Association, hold a press conference in front of KBS in Yeouido, Seoul, April 14, to protest discrimination against single parents. This issue came up after the broadcaster decided to have Japanese TV personality Sayuri Fujita, who became an unmarried mother by choice, appear on a childcare program. Korea Times photo by Lee Yu-ji
By Bahk Eun-ji
Every country has a legal definition of and boundaries around what constitutes a family, so that it can apply laws in regard to various family issues, such as childcare, household subsidies, inheritance and housing among others.