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Education costs, scholarships and government support. Eligibility rules and the steps that are easiest to miss.

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Supporting Your Child

If a Child Under 13 Rides an Electric Kick Scooter, the Guardian Is Fined KRW 100,000: Ages 13 to 15 Cannot Get a Licence, So They Are Unlicensed the Moment They Ride, and From 16 a Motorised Bicycle Licence Is Still Required

An electric kick scooter is a personal mobility device under the Road Traffic Ac…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-20 Supporting Your Child

School Cameras Are Now Mandatory at Set Places Since September 11 — Entrances, Corridors and Stairs Are Required, Classrooms Are Excluded, and the School Steering Committee Can Exempt Some Places

2026년 9월 11일 시행된 초·중등교육법 제30조의8과 시행령 제57조의2 기준으로 학교 영상정보처리기기 필수 설치 장소 일곱 곳, 교실 제…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-17 Supporting Your Child

If an Offending Student Takes Special Education, the Guardian Must Attend Too: A Fine of Up to 3,000,000 Won for Not Complying

Article 17(13) of the School Violence Prevention Act requires guardians to take …

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-12 Supporting Your Child

Households on the Education Benefit Can Also Get the Energy Voucher -- The Income Test Is Met; Check the '2 Children Under 19' Rule Next

The 2026 Energy Voucher counts Education Benefit households as meeting the incom…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-02 Supporting Your Child

Victims of School Violence Don't Have to Wait for the Other Student's Measure -- Separation, a 7-Day Deadline, Attendance Credit and Treatment Costs Paid First

Under Article 16 of the School Violence Act and Article 18 of its Decree: the ty…

Lim Su-bin·2026-10-01 Supporting Your Child

A Complaint Sent to Your Child's Teacher's Personal Phone Can Be Refused -- Schools Now Take Complaints Through the Main Number or Eodream, by Appointment

Since March 2026, school complaints go through official channels such as the mai…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-30 Supporting Your Child

School Rule Changes Go Through the Steering Committee — How Parent Members Are Elected and How to Submit Opinions

A principal can't change school rules alone: Article 32 requires School Steering…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-29 Supporting Your Child

Didim Seed Savings Account -- Save $40 a Month and the Government Adds $80 More: When You Can Actually Withdraw It

Didim Seed Savings Account lets children in protective care, low-income, or near…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-12 Supporting Your Child

My Child Was Injured at School: Can I Still File for Damages After Receiving Mutual-Aid Benefits? -- Comparative Negligence and the 3-Year Statute of Limitations

School safety mutual-aid benefits don't depend on fault, but they don't cover th…

Lim Su-bin·2026-09-12 Supporting Your Child

A Teen Whose Part-Time Wages Go Unpaid Can File a Labor Complaint Alone — Article 68 and Korea's Simplified Wage-Advance Deadlines

Minors can file unpaid-wage complaints under Article 68 without parental consent…

Lim Su-bin·2026-08-31 Supporting Your Child

Schools Can Now Recommend That Your Child Receive Counselling — The Procedure That Took Effect in May 2026, and What "Three Times" Means

A principal's counselling recommendation and urgent support took effect in May 2…

Lim Su-bin·2026-08-22 Supporting Your Child

Appealing a School Violence Measure Means Moving Within 90 Days - Administrative Appeal, Litigation and How Long It Stays on the Record

Appeals against a deliberation committee measure are no longer a re-examination …

Lim Su-bin·2026-08-16 Supporting Your Child

Before Your Child Starts a Part-Time Job — 7 Hours a Day, 10 p.m., and the Consent Form the Law Requires

Youth part-time work in Korea starts at 15, caps at 7 hours a day and 35 a week,…

Lim Su-bin·2026-08-14 Supporting Your Child

When Your Child Says They Want to Quit School — The Deliberation Period Required Before a Withdrawal Form

The school-dropout deliberation period under Article 54 of the Enforcement Decre…

Lim Su-bin·2026-08-14 Supporting Your Child

Missing school for a family trip — what makes off-campus learning count as attendance, and the report deadline

Submitting the form is not what makes the days count. Advance application, the p…

Lim Su-bin·2026-08-13