{"id":10517,"date":"2011-09-28T02:09:47","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T02:09:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-09-28T02:09:47","modified_gmt":"2011-09-28T02:09:47","slug":"Education-fever-sparks-divorce-in-S-Korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=10517","title":{"rendered":"Education fever sparks divorce in S. Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

A housewife who abused her son for his poor test scores was Wednesday ordered to pay her husband 10 million won (US$8,500) in a divorce case which highlights South Korea’s obsession with education.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The ruling by the Seoul Family Court, which did not name the family, was reported by Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n

It said the couple married in 1992 but argued over what the court called the wife’s inordinate obsession that their daughter and son achieve high scores.<\/p>\n

The mother verbally abused and beat the son when dissatisfied with his marks and favored his elder sister, who achieved better results.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The harsh treatment of the son led to irreconcilable differences between husband and wife, who had eaten and slept separately in the same home since 2008, the court said.<\/p>\n

The court granted the father custody of the son, while the daughter will live with her mother.<\/p>\n

The financial settlement is a one-off, but it is rare for South Korean courts to order a wife to make any payment to a husband in a divorce case. The report did not say whether the woman was obliged to compensate her beaten son.<\/p>\n

South Korean teenagers and younger students come under crushing pressure to excel at school and go on to a prestigious college or university. Educational achievements play a major role in determining job and marriage prospects.<\/p>\n

The number of school-age suicides rose from 100 in 2003 to 202 in 2009, according to education ministry statistics.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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