SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog called Monday for measures to relieve the digital alienation of seniors by providing customized training and introducing senior-friendly digital devices. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) said it made the recommendation to the science minister earlier this month, calling for the introduction [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The recent service outage of Kakao Corp. has put a spotlight on seniors sidelined from the digital era, as the inconvenience that the younger generation had to go through for a couple of days is similar to what seniors experience every day. For seniors, Oct. 15-16 were just like [...]
SEOUL, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government on Monday announced plans to develop and install unmanned digital terminals and kiosks for the elderly, people with disabilities and digitally vulnerable people in a bid to cope with the digital divide problem. The city government said it will first develop unmanned terminals by year’s [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The outbreak of the coronavirus has brought South Koreans older than 50 years of age closer to Internet video services and online shopping. The Lina Heyday Foundation, a corporate social responsibility (CSR) organization operated by Lina Life Insurance Korea, announced on Friday that it had conducted a survey of [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The digital utilization rate of South Korea’s socially disadvantaged stood at around 70 percent of other ordinary citizens in 2019, reflecting the persistent digital divide in the country, data showed Thursday. The Ministry of Science and ICT said the rate for the physically handicapped, elderly, people living in rural [...]