Debate over baby boxes is not new, nor limited to Korea. The roots of the boxes apparently stretch back to medieval Europe, where "founding wheels" allowed people to anonymously relinquish babies.

South Korea, world’s largest ‘baby exporter’, accused of human rights violations to meet adoption demand - Truth and ...

Authorities in South Korea ... for a baby's body in Busan (July, 2023) So far, police have identified about 1,000 babies who were abandoned anonymously at baby drop-off boxes at churches and ...