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Visitors walk through the exhibition hall at the 2025 COBE Baby Fair - Coex at Kintex in Goyang, Gyeonggi on Oct. 16. [NEWS1]

Better measures needed to prevent infant deaths despite tougher penalties for abandonment, experts say

Fatal cases of abandoned newborns in Korea raise concerns over existing support systems, as recent incidents highlight the inadequacy of punishment in preventing these tragedies and the need for improved protective measures.

2025.12.17

Baby of Japanese tourists injured in taxi crash dies

The 9-month-old baby of a Japanese tourist couple, who was injured in a taxi crash last month in Seoul last month, has died, police confirmed Tuesday.

2025.11.25

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Police investigating death of baby born on Jeju Air flight

Police have launched an investigation into the death of a baby born aboard a flight from the Philippines to Incheon International Airport.

2025.6.1

Ye-rang was born prematurely at just 260 grams on April 22 at 25 weeks and five days of gestation. [SAMSUNG HOSPITAL]

Korea's lightest newborn goes home after 198 days in hospital

The lightest newborn ever recorded in Korea has safely gone home 198 days after her birth. Weighing in at just 260 grams (9.17 ounces), Ye-rang was born on April 22 at 25 weeks and five days of gestation.

2024.11.12

Consider anonymous births with protections

The government, the legislature and social organizations must consider the adoption of the anonymous birth system under protection by society.

2023.7.6

The 35 year-old woman, who had stored her two infants in a freezer at an apartment since 2018, being taken away to the prosecutors’ office from the Suwon Nambu Police Station in Gyeonggi on Friday. The woman is charged with murder instead of the initial infanticide. [YONHAP]

Probe turns up more cases of dead newborns

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.

2023.7.2

A so-called ″baby box″ of a Jusarang Community Church in Gwanak District Seoul in May. The church has been accepting unwanted babies since 2009. The parents could leave the baby in the box without identifying themselves. According to the church there have been over 2,000 babies left in the box. Despite such system, unfortunately situation continues especially among single parents that they themselves are underage. [YONHAP]

Mother who abandoned baby's corpse in Ulsan turns herself in

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.

2023.6.27

[WORD_ON_THE_WEB] Infant's death raises concerns over Covid care

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.

2022.2.22