South Korea gripped by trial of 16-month-old Jeong-in's alleged killer

Calls for tougher child protection laws intensify as toddler’s adoptive mother faces court in Seoul

The video clip shows a healthy, happy child smiling from ear to ear, her milk teeth gnawing at a pink fluffy toy. Within months all of South Korea would know her name: Jeong-in.

It has taken the death of a 16-month-old, allegedly at the hands of her adoptive parents, to jolt South Korea’s government into what campaigners say is long-overdue action to protect the most vulnerable children, amid a dramatic rise in reported abuse cases over the past decade.

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