Deadbeats

South Korea has notoriously week child support laws.  Some women are stepping up to change things:

"For instance, if the noncustodial parent transfers their legal possessions and assets to someone else’s name, then the court cannot order them to pay because they have no money to their name. The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family can request the Commissioner of the National Tax Service or the head of the local government to 'garnish the estimated amount from [their] national and local tax refund' - yet, if the official amount of money they earn is zero or close to zero, then there’s nothing that can be done. Another step could be to file for the court to seize the tangible properties from inside their house, but again, the court cannot track anyone down if they flee their house or change their address.

In total, there are seven official legal steps that one could take to get the noncustodial parent to pay up, but there is a way out of each of them.

'Protesting outside your ex-husband’s house is difficult and even terrorizing,' said Kim. 'But we do it, because it’s the only thing we can do. If anyone says that they are going to hold a protest, we make time to help each other out.'”

As Grumpy Cat would have said, Good.