A female farmer profiled by Kyunghyang Shinmun worked in the fields until the day before giving birth to her third child and returned to cutting rice eight days after delivery. Her second birth-control procedure had failed, while an elder in the household was away recovering from back surgery, leaving farm work largely to her.
The report also describes women farmers continuing to work despite injuries, including a broken wrist, because farming and care responsibilities leave little time for hospital visits.