Topic: East Asia
A housewife who abused her son for his poor test scores was Wednesday ordered to pay her husband 10 million won ($8,500) in a divorce case which highlights South Korea's obsession with education.The ruling by the Seoul Family Court, which did not ...
Japan on Friday decided to join an international pact that sets procedures for settling cross-border child custody disputes, after years of foreign pressure to do so.At Friday's cabinet meeting, the government agreed to sign the 1980 Hague Convention that extends custody rights ...
The number of people who divorced in China shot up in 2010 -- a trend on the rise in the world's most populous nation as men and women earn better money and become more independent.A total of 1.96 million couples applied for ...
The other day, I was talking with a part-time maid we had hired to help us settle in to our new apartment after relocating within Beijing. Seeing the quizzical look on my face, she reassured me that the only reason they had ...
Over 4,500 couples register for divorce each day in China due to population controls and social and lifestyle changes in the world's most populous nation, state press has reported.According to the Civil Affairs Ministry, 848,000 couples registered for divorce in the first ...
It is true in China that the local men feel that Western women, particularly American, make the worst wives. It seems now though, that Chinese men are starting to feel the same way about Shanghai women. Shanghai women are leading the pack ...
The child custody laws governing South Korea don't always conform to the ideas and conventions that have been embraced by other countries. In South Korea, custody is most often given to the mother once a couple has divorced. Hague Convention As of ...
US warns Japan to loosen child custody laws or risk hurting relations between the allies Steve Christie cannot see his son because his Japanese ex-wife has sole custody, a typical arrangement in Japan."This matter has raised very real concerns among senior and ...
This week's highlights include blog posts about the divorces of two high-profile politicians, a call for child support reform, potential fall-out from international custody battles, and more. A Call for Child Support Reform - Katie writes about the need for child support ...
More couples got divorced and fewer people married amid an economic downturn in South Korea last year, adding to fears about the nation's already low birthrate, data showed Monday.Statistics Korea reported the number of weddings between January and November last year fell ...
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