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Young people who live apart from their families due to domestic violence or financial difficulties are called 'out-of-family youth'.

Currently, it is estimated that there are about 20,000 such young people, but there are no official statistics, so they are not being protected either at home or in society.

On the occasion of the holiday where we look back on the meaning of family, we focused on this content.



Reporter Min-Jun Kim's report will be read first and then the story will continue.



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Ms. Hee-yeon, who dreams of becoming a theater actress, had to find her own way to live when she was in her second year of high school, four years ago.



Divorce of her father and parents imprisoned in her prison.



Even her mother suffered from severe depression and was forced to take care of her younger brother.



[Kim Hee-yeon (pseudonym)/Youth out of home: (Courier) I did the loading and unloading for about 5 months.

There are places like kimchi stew part-timers, so it's good to see them served there.

At that time, I think I almost slept for two hours a day.]



When she was 23, Ye-jin ran away from her family as if she was running away.



[Kang Ye-jin (pseudonym) / Adolescent from home: Her younger brother first molested me.

If it was his fault, he would go there without my parents and come with a weapon and just threatened me.

(Parents) First of all, I'm older, so you have to be patient...

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Now living alone and preparing to become a game graphic designer.



These young people who come out of the home due to domestic violence, etc. and take responsibility for their own livelihood are called 'out-of-home youth'.



Outside the fence of home, the first things we encounter are cold and hunger.



[Kwak So-hyeon (pseudonym)/Youth out of home: I've been living in containers for a while.

There was no underfloor heating, so I went to a nearby jjimjilbang to warm up.

The fact that I was constantly hypnotizing myself that I wasn't hungry (I have it)]



The holiday season only makes the difficult reality feel more real.



[Kang Ye-jin (pseudonym)/Young man from home: (Friends) go down on holidays, eat a lot of food for ancestral rites with family, and pack food for ancestral rites.

Heaven didn't allow me to live like that.]



Young people who do not have the minimum safety net of family, protection groups estimate about 20,000, and there is no official government data on how many or where they live.



[Noh Hye-ryun/Professor of the Department of Social Welfare, Soongsil University: The term itself as a youth out of the home is not defined legally or politically.

So, I can't even understand how many these young people are and what difficulties they are having...

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(Video coverage: Hwang In-seok, Park Jin-ho, Kim Tae-hoon, VJ: Kim Jong-gap)