Prevent Children from Going Missing and Support Their Safe Return to Families
We strive to prevent children from going missing and help missing children to return home promptly.
Services for Families of Missing Children Support for Finding Missing Children
Cooperate with the Korea Institute of Science and Technology to utilize an age progression technology for missing children
Provide materials needed to find missing children, such as leaflets and banners
Provide GPS trackers to prevent missing people with disabilities
Support searching for missing children in cooperation with the Korean National Police Agency
Support for Families of Missing Children
Offer counselling services to ease emotional distress
Provide financial support including medical expenses
Genetic Identification and Management of Missing Children
Encode genetic samples received from police stations to request a DNA test to the National Forensic Service
Manage a genetic database
Reunion Service
Provide services for reunion of families of missing children
Reporting System for Missing Children
Report cases of missing children to a local police station
Education and Promotion
Educate on prevention of child from going missing
Make and disseminate manual for education to prevent going missing
Offer in-home education on preventing child abductions for children, youth, teachers, and parents
Campaign to Prevent Children From Going Missing
Organize a variety of advertisements and campaigns to attract public attention on missing children with an aim to prevent social issues resulting from children from going missing
Disseminate posters on prevention of children from going missing
Campaign to Promote Finding Missing Children
Produce and disseminate posters containing information of missing children and registration of genetic information
Transmit advertisements based on the results of developed contents on finding missing children
Support organizations or businesses which participate in posting pictures of missing children
Operate both online and offline channels for advertisements
Missing Children’s Day and Missing Children’s Week
Korea has been celebrating the International Missing Children’s Day (May 25) since 2007 to be a part of global efforts to promote public awareness on missing children and ask for continuous support and attention.