Drunk father stabs son

A father, identified only as Jeong, 40, has been arrested for stabbing his teenage son for not listening to him, Yonhap reported Sunday.

Police in Ulsan said Jeong stabbed his son, 14, twice - once in the chest and once in the leg on Jan. 13. He told them he stabbed the teenager because the boy did not help him prepare a lunchbox for the daughter, 10. The father was drunk, having consumed half a bottle of soju, police said.

Jeong then carried his son to an emergency room. The boy is in a hospital receiving treatment.

The man recently separated from his wife and was raising the two children, police said. Jeong did not have a criminal record but was arrested to protect the boy, they said.

There have been several cases of parents harming their children recently.

Police in Bucheon, Gyeonggi Province, last week arrested parents who allegedly killed and mutilated the body of their elementary school son. On Saturday, a mother, 29, in Hongseong, South Chungcheong Province, was found guilty of killing her 10-month-old baby.