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This kind of child abuse is characterized by the fact that the beginning may be accidental, but it will repeat over time. At first, I was wrong, I tried to teach, I would never do it again, but according to actual child abuse statistics, there are more and more cases of abuse again within 5 years. In particular, the more the abuse is repeated, the more severe it is, and some people die as if they were trapped in a suitcase a while ago. Experts say it is of the utmost importance to separate the abusers and the victims of the abuse since the first report of abuse.

For more information, this is reporter Jang Hoon-kyung.

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nine-year-old child died while entering a cold water bath in the middle of winter for an hour under the direction of his stepmother.


In both cases, the birth of a father-in-law's cousin who kept her nine-year-old step-son locked up in a suitcase for seven hours, both cases could have prevented the child's death in advance, but could not.

Even though a report of abuse was filed, the separation of the parent and the victim was not made because the parent denied the abuse or the child did not want it.

In fact, field officials say that it is not easy to separate the abused parent and child if it is not an emergency or there is no sexual abuse situation to go to the hospital right away.

[Child protection agency representative: (for children who have been abused) That's right, but I still think it's my parents. We also want to separate. But because the child's doctor or various conditions are not... .]

When the report of child abuse was filed, the most frequently taken action by the authorities was the so-called'continuing protection of the cost family', where more than 8 out of 10 cases were just applied to place the parents and the victims in one house.

It is also due to the lack of separation sites. Of the 3,500 children who are separated, less than a third of children in abused children's shelter live in relatives' homes.


[Kim Mi-sook/Korea Child Welfare Society Director: In developed countries, children are separated even if bruised. So the parents are punished. (Even in Korea) Separation is to prevent... .] The

government is considering amendments to the current civil law provisions that "Parents can make necessary disciplinary action" following a call to improve the law that gives parents the perception that they are allowed to punish their parents.

(Video coverage: Kim Nam-sung, video editing: Won-hee Hwan)

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