Abstract

The divorce rate of 1998 in Korean society was increased up to 32.1%. This sharp increasing suggests us to think of divorce as one of the most serious social issues. This study reviewed the legal system and situation of divorce during the Unified Shilla, Korea and Chosun Dynasty and the Japanese Ruling period. Current regal system for divorce which was revised at 1990 was reviewed in comparison with the previous version. The current legal system had adopted the right to meet his or her children and the right to recover his or her property in order to promote the right of women particularly in the case of divorce. Although the revision of the legal system, the women still suffer lots of difficulties as well as various unfair results in the process of divorce. In general, conservative social attitude and notion on divorce has been changed toward liberalism: for example, the remarriage rate of women has been increased steadily. The needs and possibilities of psychological studies on divorce were discussed in terms of not only readjustment but also prevention for the divorced people.