officials, prosecutors and judges, as well as guidelines for adequate application of the law. Domestic violence is characterized by the special environment of family and can be a serious criminal action that can threat lives, therefore law enforcement officers should be educated to understand its nature. 27. Child abuse preventing mechanisms as well as human resources are insufficient as 300 counsellors from 44 specialised institutions are in charge of follow up, rehabilitation, prevention, and indictment process for 10,490,534 (Statistic Korea 2008) children. 28. 80% of child abuse take place inside family environment but legal protection mechanism for children are slow and prosecution is possible only in case of serious after-effects. Moreover, there is neither a legal basis nor a professional organization for the rehabilitation and correction of offending parents, and awareness building efforts are limited. 29. Presidential Decree of the Primary and Secondary Education Act stipulates that “… alternative measures of discipline and admonition should be used, and no physical pain should be inflicted on students unless inevitable for educational purposes,” leaving the possibility of corporal punishment and providing no systemic training for non-violent discipline methods. There is no institutionalized parents’ education to change perception about corporal punishment, and courts leniently punish guardians in case of corporal punishment by tacitly recognizing its disciplinary value. More than half of the schools have not adopted any measure to oust corporal punishment. 30. Therefore, there is a need for comprehensive measures to improve current court system, designate professional institutions for counselling and rehabilitation, and revigorate education and awareness building in order to promptly protect child victims and correct perpetrating parents. Additionally, prohibition of corporal punishment need to be stipulated in legal terms and policies institutionalizing non-violent disciplinary measures training for teachers, parents, social workers and legal officials should be established. 9