The South Korean Ministry of Gender Equality and Family announced that 239 parents who failed to make child support payments will face various sanctions. These inclue travel bans, license suspensions, and public disclosures of their names, with 281 total sanctions being enacted during a meeting held on February 19-20. A significant number of sanctions were related to travel bans, with 137 cases recorded, while 58 driving licenses were suspended and 86 names were disclosed to the public. The amounts owed in child support vary significantly, with the largest reported debt reaching 210 million won and an average debt of about 45.6 million won.

Since the introduction of sanctions for child support noncompliers in 2021, the number of enforcement actions has consistently increased, leading to a cumulative total of 3,642 cases. The effectiveness of these sanctions, particularly their ability to compel compliance, has shown promise in some individual cases. For instance, one individual was able to collect the entire unpaid amount of nearly 20 million won after enforcement measures were initiated, while another received a delayed payment of 30 million won following similar sanctions against the debtor. The Minister of Gender Equality and Family, Won Min-kyung, acknowledged the substantial challenges single parents face in securing child support and expressed the intent to continually enhance the effectiveness of punitive measures to ensure compliance. Future research is planned to explore improvements in the sanctioning process and enhancing penalties for child support noncompliance.