I don’t think this happens in Korea tho so why is this plot also common in manhwas?
Omg that makes so much sense now. Thank you so much for the info! Very wierd law and it probably effected a lot of kids in japan negatively. I cant imagine what its like for a kid to just never see a parent again. Im guessing they must have felt very abandoned. Its probably also another reason behind the low birth rates even among couples(￣∇￣")
Help i edited because i made spelling errors and the edit auto deleted all the previous comments befoe i was able ot read them.
i hate that mango does this.
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i have no idea. I didnt look into Custody laws in korea.
If there isnt a law like this in korea yet they still write like this its possible that it might just be because
1) to play up the drama
2) Influence from outside sources ( eg: its just become a comon trope and its just used in general without thinking of location)
3) an excuse to erase a character from the story.
i'm not sure 100% but from a quick google it does seem like parent do have visitation rights. How comon it is, is up to korean culture and the norm. Im not from there so idk
this is so interesting
hold up...
why am i talking to andrew tate on Mgo T0T
lolll
agree sm.
Sadly its an old law that was just never changed until now
the law is from about 1896 if im getting the information correct.
this is what I just found:
"Under the current framework, which dates back to 1898, only one divorced parent can obtain custody over the children."
Wtf
i have no idea but ngl
im manhwa specifically i see a similar but different situation more often. i actually see just plain child abandonment.
im guessing a lot of ppl resent becoming parents in korea since raising a child there is very hard.
so maybe thats why?
might actually be straight abandonment in their case. both parents fight because they dont wanna be "dumped" with the kid
i recently just found out that in Japan they dont have Split custody laws. In case of divorce, one parent takes sole "ownership" of the child.
The remaining parent is then banned by the law of seeing that child. (idk if the ramaining parent can still alow visit but its not the norm)
That is why in manga and anime, after divorce one parent disappears and is never spoken of again.
In 2024 the law was voted on to change. Allow divorced couples to share custody of their children from 2026.
this isnt a question but i wanted to share this info. it has always confused me.
i was always like "after you left, why did you not visit your child?!" and "why are yall acting like this about the child" and "why are you seperating the twins and now they never see eachother again??"
Now We know.