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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.
The Straits Times
South Korea s social atmosphere discourages childbirth: Korea Herald columnist
The writer says that South Korea s current fertility rate is 0.9 babies per woman in her lifetime as more are reluctant to have babies.
Many South Koreans also have biases against single moms with children or children born from artificial pregnancy through sperm donation, says the writer.PHOTO: GETTY IMAGES
Kim Seong-kon
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Unwed mom sparks debate about family; filmmaker caught in #MeToo dies
Posted : 2020-12-18 09:06
Gripped by pandemic, 2020 sees peaks and valleys in entertainment
By Park Ji-won
The year 2020 has been tough for everyone due to the spread of COVID-19. In the entertainment scene, TV shows were canceled or delayed and stars lost their chances to shine.
Comedian Park Ji-sun and her mother were found dead at their home, breaking hearts of her fans. She made others laugh but in her private life, she had been grappling with an unspeakable pain caused by a medical condition, which was severe enough for her to cut her life short.