The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family noted on the 21st that 157 parents who divorced and did not pay child support have faced administrative sanctions such as travel bans, license suspensions, and public disclosures. By type, this includes travel bans (132 people, overlapping), license suspensions (59 people), and public disclosures (4 people). The public disclosure involves releasing names, addresses, and amounts owed for three years on the Ministry's website.
The child support review committee under the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family decided on administrative sanctions against parents who failed to pay child support even after a court ordered them to do so, considering factors like the amount of debt and the duration. Their average child support debt is 58 million won, with the highest debt amounting to 319.7 million won.
According to the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, the number of parents who received administrative sanctions for failing to pay child support has increased from 27 in the second half of 2021 to 359 in 2022, 639 in 2023, and 947 in 2024. However, not all of those sanctioned fully pay their child support.
The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family will implement a pre-payment system for child support starting in July. This plan will provide 200,000 won per month from the government to children of single-parent families until they turn 18 years old. Vice Minister Shin Young-sook said, "We will make efforts to assist single-parent families in difficulty."