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Care leavers remain on South Koreas social periphery
Care leavers remain on South Korea's social periphery SEOUL, September 21 (AJP) - Home is easily taken for granted. Some people grow up never quite knowing what it means to have one. A Korean activist in her 20s, who asked not to be named because she does not want her childhood history to follow her into adulthood, is one of them. When she was six or seven, she and her younger sibling were placed in a residential child care facility after their father found himself unable to raise them alone. She remained in institutional care in September 21, 2026