US EditionSouth Korean minister vows to expand legal remedies for adoptees and other rights victims
Jung Sung-ho said the government will largely avoid appeals and widen compensation as more than 800 cases face time-limit disputes.
- On Thursday, South Korean Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho pledged to expand judicial relief for victims of state-led abuses, terming past adoptions "forced child trafficking" and promising the government will largely refrain from appealing compensation rulings.
- Military governments manipulated children's origins to cut welfare costs, sending about 200,000 Korean children overseas from the 1970s to the early 2000s, with annual numbers peaking at more than 6,000 during the 1980s.
- Under a new law that took effect in February, the Justice Ministry plans to withdraw time-limit appeals in more than 800 cases, offering victims a three-year window to sue for damages despite expired statutes of limitations.
- Jung vowed to "uproot" trafficking and labor abuses, instructing prosecutors to seek tougher penalties and strengthening oversight of companies employing foreign workers to address long-standing migrant exploitation.
- These efforts gain urgency as the Trump administration last month launched investigations into countries accused of failing to curb forced labor, following the United States' import ban on a South Korean salt farm last year.
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South Korea's Justice Minister Pledges Justice for Foreign Adoptees
South Korea's Justice Minister Pledges Justice for Foreign Adoptees South Korea's Justice Minister, Jung Sung-ho, has committed to expanding judicial relief for victims of past state-led abuses, focusing on foreign adoptees affected by fraudulent adoptions during previous military regimes. In a striking pledge, Jung termed these adoptions as 'forced child trafficking' and indicated the government's plans to abstain from appealing rulings favorin…
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South Korean minister vows to expand legal remedies for adoptees and other rights victims
South Korean Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho vowed to expand access to judicial remedies for victims of state-led abuses, including foreign adoptees whose adoptions were marred by widespread fraud under previous military governments.
Seoul 'to do right by state child trafficking victims'
South Korea's justice minister has pledged to expand access to judicial remedies for victims of state-led abuses, including foreign adoptees whose adoptions were marred by widespread fraud under previous military governments. Using unusually strong language for a senior South Korean official, Justice Minister Jung Sung-ho said the country’s past adoptions amounted to “forced child trafficking” and that the government would largely refrain from a…
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