Babybox : S. Korea's Paradox of Low Birth rate | Undercover Korea

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[k-doc]

4:26 The message said, "I'm sorry. Please take care of the baby with God's love. I won't forget the baby, " along with the details of the baby's birthday and the time of giving birth. Thank you for watching our video.

[jazz-axy]

Its actually disgusting that the Korean government is crying about low birth rates while giving a cold shoulder to these babies and women.

[clarke]

The dates shown in the video are from 2016. Those babies will be 7 years old now. I really hope that wherever they are, they feel loved. The volunteers are honestly angels. I can't imagine how fulfilling yet emotionally draining their work must be; I really hope their mental health is taken care of

[suepall]

The Korean government is adding to this problem by requiring these babies be registered under their family register. This is an antiquated law that should be changed for the sake of compassion for these babies and mothers.

[feliciaw]

This pastor and volunteers are absolute angels. Oh my gosh. The love, passion and determination they have. I'm so glad that they are a safe haven for these beautiful little babies.

It's breaking my heart to the ones that love and want to be with their babies and cannot.

[emets]

My heart goes out to the volunteers. The energy, tears, sweat… emotional investment into taking care of the babies over months.

[lunari_koi]

For making a baby you need 2 human beings. Why all the people blames the mother when the father has the same responsibility? What a society. As a woman, i understand the fear, the guilt and all of that. We can't just blame it all on the mother. Even more when we don't know the context. I hope all those babies grow healthy and strong. Lots of love from Chile. <3

[Neilsowards]

Back in 1968 when we adopted our Korean American daughter, we were told that children with no fathers were rejected by the Korean society. The father is paramount. Since the father of our daughter was an American service man, the mother gave up our daughter for adoption. International Social Service was the adoption agency that facilitated the adoption. Our daughter is a wonderful person.The foster family who cared for her sent her to America with a beautiful Korean traditional costume which showed how much she was loved.

[lorraineclement]

Heart felt thanks to the mothers who brought their babies to a safe place. Men can walk away from responsibility & the women are left to raise or give their babies up as they receive no help from their families or the government. Heartbreaking

[yeliampatel]

When I studied abroad in Korea I volunteered at an orphanage twice per week. All they needed us to do was to hold the babies so they can feel the warmth of a person. My heart still remembers 12 years later a particular baby girl. She was a few days old. I hope she is doing well. Thank you for this, you are doing Gods work.

Edit: thank you all for the comments and the likes. I remembered when I graduated college I put this volunteer experience on my resume. I was looking for a job as a nurse and my manager who hired me told me he adopted a baby from the same orphanage. What an amazing coincidence. That job was where I met my husband, now we have a baby and another on the way. I would do it over and over again. Would love to adopt myself one day if possible. Please I would encourage everyone to find opportunities locally to volunteer and help children in need. We are all need every where. God bless you all! ❤

[gena_darling]

To the pastor and the volunteer women who put forth ALL of their time and efforts to make sure each child feels warmth, love, is fed and clothed, cleaned and all deserve the greatest honors in this Earthly life and deserve a reserved spot in the afterlife in the arms of angels because you are all angels sent to this Earth.❤❤❤

[themultitaskingmama]

So this is just telling me that their government prefers a mother to abandon a baby than to allow them, or have a way, for them to register their baby and raise them? This is inhuman. This broke my heart in so many pieces, and I cried during the entire documentary. 😢😢 My prayers go out to the moms and babies. And a big applause to the Pastor and volunteers, they are doing and amazing job and of course all their sponsors, you guys are Angels on earth ❤

[btpatch]

I felt so sorry for the young teenage couple who had nowhere to go. The stigma surrounding teen pregnancies is so destructive, not only to the young mother but the society in which they live.

[ainnisahluqman]

For a country with low birth rate, the government should help these single mothers.

[Sarahbb]

This pastor is better than all father together ❤ this is a real and good man

[Lnel]

Registering your baby with your family registry is so alien to most part of the world. I didn’t know such a concept exists. So, the mom or the father could register the baby with either families, and they fear doing so out of embarrassment or being scolded or being rejected? My college roommate in the early 1990’s was Korean and she told me it is not OK to adopt children in Korea because bloodlines are so important, explaining why there are so many Korean adoptees in the West. I hope the culture is now different and these babies are adopted to good homes.

[amy-louisesnelling]

It’s absolutely bizarre how the fathers are pretty much totally absent from this film, but it shows very clearly that even the makers of this documentary don’t think the men have an equal responsibility in this situation, even though they are massively advantaged by Korean society and would be far more able to support these children if they remained in the picture. Korea is so modern in some ways, but 100 years in the past when it comes to how their society functions.

[otterhands]

as a korean, I thank those foreign volunteers and sponsors for caring for our babies and their mothers

[Yvanehtnioj]

Omg why is no one talking about the man donating huge bags of rice to that center every month? It’s crazy the only help they seem to get is a random act of kindness from a stranger.

[wendyhohmeyer]

I adopted an abandoned child from Korea 42 years ago. He was about 3-4 at the time. I’m sure he had to go through much fear and unhappiness at such a young age. I’m happy some places in Korea are finding a way to give people the option not to just leave a child in an unprotected place