GOYANG, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The artificial intelligence (AI)-based care call service for elderly individuals living alone, offered by the city government of Goyang, just northwest of Seoul, has received praise from its recipients. A public health center in the Deokyang district in April launched the AI-based Clova Care Call service to prevent accidents [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – Altough South Korea has a national pension service along with a basic pension for the elderly, the poverty rate among seniors remains high. According to the data from Statistics Korea, the poverty rate among seniors in the country stood at 37.6 percent in 2021, down by 1.3 percentage points from the previous year. [...]
SEOUL, March 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of car accidents involving senior drivers going the wrong way on expressways or running into pedestrians is calling for a government response. Last Wednesday, some 20 people waiting in lines to cast ballots for a local agricultural cooperative head in the southwestern county of Sunchang were run [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Sungkonghoe University in Seoul said Tuesday that a 92-year-old student had acquired a doctoral degree from the department of sociology, making her the oldest person to receive a PhD in South Korean history. Lee Sang-sook graduated from Sookmyung Women’s University department of family studies in 1961 and enrolled in [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government’s new digital guide program, which was designed to help seniors use digital devices, has received a positive response from the elderly population. Since July, the city selected 100 digital guides over 50 years of age, deploying teams of two in 50 locations including subway stations, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — People aged 65 and older took up 17.5 percent of South Korea’s population this year amid rapid aging, data showed Thursday, underscoring concerns that the demographic change could weigh on the country’s economy. The number of older adults stood at 9.02 million out of the country’s 51.6 million population [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The risk of a traffic accident is significantly higher among Koreans over 70 years of age, and the risk rises even further among those over 80 years of age, a major non-life insurer said. Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co. reported that between 2017 and 2021, the number of [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Senior abuse increased last year due to the pandemic along with changes in family composition. The Ministry of Health and Welfare reported a 14.2-percent increase in the number of cases involving abuse against seniors, with a total of 19,391 reported last year. Among all reported cases, 6,774 cases were [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer family interactions in the pandemic era have resulted in a doubling of the risk of depression among seniors, a study showed Tuesday. A research team from the SMG-SNU Boramae Medical Center and Seoul National University Bundang Hospital announced on Tuesday the results of a nationwide cohort survey on [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to introduce a conditional driver’s license for seniors starting from 2025. To this end, the National Police Agency plans to launch a research and development project for a virtual reality (VR)-based driving suitability evaluation method over the next three years, according to sources. The government set [...]