More than 60 percent of domestic violence offenders in South Korea are parents of the victims, Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission data shows.

The data also showed that the most common form of abuse was locking up their children.

Among 1,036 people involved in a total of 961 domestic violence cases reported, 63.8 percent were carried out by parents who cooperated in their abusive behavior toward their children, according to the ACRC.

The watchdog said the number of husbands who individually committed domestic violence against either their children or spouses was 26.7 percent, followed by that of abusive wives at 2.7 percent.

Locking up kids in a separate room was the most common form of household violence, cases of which stood at 205, followed by physical assault at 182, verbal abuse at 36 and sexual assault at 10.

The review looked at a range of incidents or complaints in connection to domestic violence reported to the government-run online petition website from January 2015 to December last year.

In the review, 23.6 percent of households, said they were currently in divorce proceedings or are already separated, the data shows.

By Bak Se-hwan (sh@heraldcorp.com)