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4,000 unregistered foreign babies — where are they?
South Korea has no legal obligation to track them down, authorities say
South Korea had some 4,000 unregistered babies born to foreign mothers between 2015 and 2022, but authorities have no plans to check their whereabouts because the government has no legal obligation to do so, The Korea Herald has learned.
Last month, the state audit agency said it has discovered around 6,000 babies born in local hospitals but not logged in the country's birth registration system. Nearly two-thirds of them were born to mothers registered as foreign nationals here, officials said. But while Korean babies must by law have their births registered here, there is no such legal requirement for foreign babies, creating a blind spot in government oversight.
Some will have been registered in their parents‘ home countries, but there is no data available on how many. …
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230705000814
Police look into 193 cases of ‘ghost children,’ 12 confirmed dead
Another alleged infanticide case in Busan revealed in widening investigations
The Korean National Police Agency’s National Office of Investigation said Tuesday that they are investigating 193 cases of what are being referred to as “ghost children,” babies whose births were never registered with local authorities, as part of the government’s latest efforts to discover unregistered children nationwide.
Police said that they had received a total of 209 reports of unregistered babies as of Tuesday. The whereabouts of 20 nameless babies have been identified. Nine of the 20 are alive and have been found to be adequately cared for, resulting in their cases being dismissed, and seven were without any foul play, according to police. Of the 209 total cases, 12 unregistered babies were found to be dead so far. …
http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20230704000537