Jung-yoon Choi, "South Korean pastor tends to flock of abused children," Los Angeles Times, 11/1/11, (http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/10/south-korea-child-abuse-counseling-vicitms-psychiatric-care.html)

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2011/10/south-korea-child-abuse-counseling-vicitms-psychiatric-care.html

This article is about a minister, Hwang Chum-go, who runs a group called,  Open Center Youth Foundation, "which rescues South Korean children abused by their parents and other relatives." Hwang has been running this foundation for over two decades and has a series of nationwide centers to help house and guide over 500 abused children. He does not try to push any type of religion or belief into their minds, instead he tries to help them understand that they can relax and enjoy life. The writer also mentions some scary facts about parental abuse in South Korea. In a study, two-thirds of parents admitted to whipping their children and 45 percent admitted to beating them in some way or another. I think that Minister Hwang's centers are definitely a helping hand to these children. It's shocking to know the details of just how widespread parental abuse is in South Korea.