Number of baby orphans rises in S Korea

Number of baby orphans rises in S Korea

Orphanages in South Korea are seeing an increase in the number of babies they are having to look after. The influx is due in part to a new law intended to improve the adoption process. But the pressures of parenting, combined with the stigma attached to being a single mother, is also having a negative impact. Al Jazeera's Harry Fawcett reports from Seoul.


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Uploaded: 2013-08-05

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