a 2016 article in the hankyoreh said that another paternity court ruling in south korea that involved a kopino child happened on may 28, 2015. in the 2015 ruling, the korean man was ordered by the south korean court to pay 500,000 won ($450 usd) every month for each of his two kopino sons until the kopino sons became adults and to pay an additional 20,000,000 won ($17,800 usd) in back child support.