BUSAN, Feb. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Busan’s Yeonje District announced on February 5 that it will distribute LED sensor lights in the homes of residents who may be at risk of “lonely death”. Lonely death refers to a social phenomenon where individuals are discovered dead in their living quarters days or sometimes weeks after their [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The population movement rate for those in their 70s nearly halved in the past decade, government data showed Wednesday, as a growing number of senior citizens shy away from living with their children even after the death of their spouse. The rate fell to 7.0 percent last year from [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Just this past month, Busan has seen eight citizens pass away in complete solitude. The phenomenon of dying in solitude, though on the rise among the younger generation and those living in single-person households, is still mostly observable among the elderly. Among the eight deaths in Busan, five were elderly [...]
SEOUL, Jan.15 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of individuals who are dying alone is increasing every year. News reports of bodies being found months after the individual died are no longer a surprise. Due to the rapid aging of society and the increase in the number of single-person households, dying alone is no longer a [...]