In the Songpa mother and daughters suicide case, the three calculated the welfare benefits they could receive based only on the eligibility conditions of the National Basic Living Security Act. Had they known that the emergency welfare support system existed, the tragedy might have been prevented. To solve this problem, despite efforts at the government level such as stronger publicity for welfare programs, welfare blind spots keep arising because of individuals' lack of information and the limits of Korea's welfare system. No matter how good a policy is, it is useless if the people who would benefit from it do not know about it. Publicity for social welfare policies should be strengthened to reduce welfare blind spots and to prevent mishaps in the delivery system caused by a lack of publicity.

The main body examined the basic purpose and necessity of social welfare law and the problems of social welfare policy revealed by the recent Songpa mother and daughters suicide case, along with directions for improvement.

Socially vulnerable groups and social minorities emerge that cannot properly cope with economic downturns and the social changes that follow, and to overcome this crisis wisely, an efficient support system must be built and pursued through cooperation that divides roles between public programs and private resources. Through stronger publicity for welfare policy and improvements to the delivery system, social welfare law should also be improved in a direction that strengthens such a support system to reduce welfare blind spots. This, too, is a way of putting the purpose of social welfare law into practice and achieving its goals.

Therefore, the state should seek to strengthen the rights tied to citizens' survival needs regarding social welfare in order to address deficits in basic needs, and should make efforts to strengthen its corresponding legal and financial responsibility, while local governments should strengthen their administrative systems, including the delivery system, so they can carry this out effectively.

Note that the case came to light in February 2014, and in December of the same year the Act on the Use and Provision of Social Security Benefits and Search for Eligible Beneficiaries (the Social Security Benefits Act) was enacted and took effect in July 2015. At the same time, the basic livelihood security system was changed to customized benefits that set livelihood, medical, housing and education benefits separately, and the family support obligation rule was abolished for education benefits (2015) and housing benefits (2018); since October 2021 it also no longer applies to livelihood benefits unless the supporting family member has high income or high assets. It still remains for medical benefits, so add the latest details.