Dhaka, May 7 -- The Republic of Korea has become the 62nd country to prohibit corporal punishment to children, and the fourth in the Asia Pacific region.

With a child population of nine million, the South Korea's prohibition means 300 million children worldwide are now fully protected from violent punishment by law.

This is not just a critically important step for children in South Korea; it's also a good, moral and proper example to other countries, which, for reasons only God knows, have yet to take this important step to protect children, who are said to be their most valuable national asset (if we are to believe what their leaders say).

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