The Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW previously MW, Korean: 보건복지부; Hanja: 保健福祉部) is a branch of the government of South Korea.

[1] Previously the headquarters were on floors 6 through 12 of the Hyundai Building in Jongno District, Seoul, when they were the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs.

[4] With the lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, the legislation has been introduced and passed to expand one of its child agencies, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, into Korea Disease Control and Prevention Administration and to equip the Ministry with two Vice-Ministers - one responsible for welfare and the other public health.

[7] October 17, 2024 Ministry of Health and Welfare announced.More than 3,600 people died alone in their homes in South Korea last year,with middle-aged and elderly men accounting for more than half of such deaths.

The main tasks include health care and quarantine, compulsory administration, pharmacist administration, health insurance, basic living insurance, welfare support, social security and social service policies, and population policy to cope with low birth rate and aging child welfare.