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Korea to remove ‘out-of-wedlock child’ from welfare forms
April 30, 2026
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South Korea will remove the term “out-of-wedlock child” from government forms used in child welfare administration, as authorities move to update official language in line with changing views on family and childbirth. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday it had issued an advance notice of revisions to the enforcement decree and rules of the Child Welfare Act.
The proposed changes also include measures to strengthen responses to child abuse and suspected abuse-related deaths. The term
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