79. In Korea, either the rate of child abuse recognition (the number of children who are recognized as having suffered abuse in every 1,000 children) or the reporting rate of the people with the obligation to report child abuse is not high. According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, the rate of child abuse recognition is 1 (person), which is higher than in the previous years but still remains low, particularly compared with the rate of 9 in the United States. In this relation, some experts analyze that this low rate is not because there are fewer cases of child abuse in the ROK than in the United States but because child abuse cases are not properly detected and recognized, which is closely related to the low reporting rate. 80. The number of child abuse reports made by those with the reporting obligation increased by almost fourfold in ten years, that is, from 1,346 in 2004 to 4,358 in 2014. However, the reporting rate (of 29%) in 2014 is very low, when compared with the rates for the same year in Australia (73%), Japan (68%) and the United States (58%). Moreover, about 10% of child abuse cases recurred every year, which points to the lack of initial actions to conduct early intervention in child abuse and prevent recurrence of child abuse. Questions suggested 81. In Korea, the reporting rate of the people with the obligation to report child abuse is lower than the rates in other countries, and about 10% of child cases reported recurred every year. Please provide detailed data on the measures that the Government has taken to address these problems, what effects have been brought by those measures, and the Government's plan to improve the conditions. Issue 15: Child Poverty Current status 82. The ROK enacted the Act on Prevention of Child Poverty, Support of Children in July 2012, with a view to undertaking effective child welfare policy measures to address the child poverty issue. However, the Act simply consists of the 12 clauses, including the ones concerning the obligation to set up the five-year basic plan and annual implementation plans on child poverty and the establishment of the Child Poverty Prevention Committee, but does not provide for specific actions to prevent child poverty. The regulation on the implementation of the surveys on child poverty is expected to come into force in June 2017. 83. It is pointed out that the First Joint Basic Plan for Child Policy by relevant ministries (2015-2019) and the 2016 implementation plan released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare just declare the Government's commitment to set up basic plans to conduct surveys on the basic needs of children in poor families and support those children, but fail to include any specific actions. According to the Comprehensive Survey on Children's Situations (2013), which is conducted by the Ministry of Health and Welfare every five years pursuant to the Child Welfare Act, child poverty rate was estimated at 10.62% or 9.45%: the first one is the share of the households whose disposable income is less than 50% of median income and the second one is the absolute poverty rate which is based on the minimum living cost (the poverty line released by the Government in 2012), as child poverty rate refers to the proportion of children below 18 years of age who belong to poor families. Considering that the proportion of the households with children which receive the benefits under NBLS scheme is approximately 4%, it is estimated that about 538,000~651,000 children, which accounts for about 5.6~6.7% of total child population, remain outside social protection. 84. According to the Comprehensive Survey mentioned above, the poverty rate of households with children differs among different income groups of households, and varies widely, depending on the family type and the main childcare giver’s employment status. Child poverty rate among the households which 20 / 25