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3 in 10 City Residents Want to Move to the Country After Retirement

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly one-third city residents would like to move to rural towns after retirement. The Korea Rural Economic Institute conducted a survey of 2,544 farmers and city residents, in which 34.4 percent of city residents expressed an interest in moving to rural towns after retirement, which was 7 percentage points [...]

More City Residents Willing to Return to Countryside Following COVID-19

SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Rural Economic Institute reported Monday that 4 in 10 people living in cities wish to return to the countryside. The institute conducted a survey of 1,500 city residents, 41.4 percent of whom were willing to return to the countryside when appropriate, or after retirement, up by 6.8 [...]