Over 410,000 Youth Civil Complaints Filed in a Year... "Men Focus on Military Service, Women on Jobs and Childcare"

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced today (the 30th) that civil complaints filed by young people (aged 19 to 34) over the past year averaged 37,000 per month, marking an increase of about 5% compared to the previous year.

This finding was based on an analysis of approximately 410,000 complaints filed by young people through the e-People portal between July 2025 and June 2026.

By classification, the majority of complainants were men (70.1%), individuals aged 30 to 34 (52.8%), and residents of the capital area (58.2%).

Military service-related complaints were the most frequent among men, while employment and childcare-related complaints accounted for a high proportion among women.

Regarding military service, a large number of complaints raised issues such as the issuance of military service certificates and inconveniences related to reserve forces training. In the employment sector, many complaints demanded improvements in vocational training operations, resolution of unpaid wages, and the protection of labor rights such as severance pay.

Complaints related to pregnancy, childbirth, and childcare frequently involved reporting workplaces that failed to implement work-life balance systems, such as maternity leave, parental leave, and reduced working hours during childcare. There were also demands for improvements in support policies, such as expanding health coverage for infertility treatments.

In addition, there were housing-related demands such as realistic housing supply and loan requirements, as well as support for victims of lease fraud. Complaints also demanded improvements in policy financing, such as making the criteria for early termination and conversion of the Youth Leap Account more realistic.

The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission explained that it has provided the analysis results to related agencies, including the Ministry of National Defense, the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Financial Services Commission, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, and the Ministry of Health and Welfare, so that they can be utilized to improve youth policies.

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