South Korea to review student marriage law

When looking for a foreign university, just in case, you should check whether married couples are allowed to study there. Today, some universities have already lifted the ban on student marriage and childbirth, but this practice still persists in the field.

The South Korean Minister of Education changed a regulation that requires all universities to now “license” marriage and joint children while studying. Previously, students were allowed to be expelled for such a “misconduct”.

Despite the fact that each institution has its own rules and some universities do not persecute young people, in 2013 a boy and a girl were expelled from the Korean Academy of Nursing of the Armed Forces after confirming the information that they were expecting a child, according to The Korea Herald.

The Academy is still preventing the pupils from getting engaged, the newspaper reports, and the press secretary even stated that it is not yet clear whether the wind of change will blow in their direction.

“We are not sure that the revision of the law will affect us,” the spokesman said.

Ewha Women's University in Seoul, which had banned marriage since the late 19th century, abandoned the taboo back in 2003.

This policy forced Kim Yong Sam, who would later become President of the Country of Morning Freshness, to marry in secret in 1951. His fiancée was at that time a student. Getting married at any cost is about Sun Myung-sun. She was educated, of course, hiding her engagement, and disguised her first pregnancy with a wardrobe of loose clothing.

The updated law will allow taking leave to care for newborns, as well as benefits for students at the birth of a child. The Korea Gazette reports that until now, families had to drop out after replenishment.