UIRYEONG, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Gyeongsang Province’s artificial intelligence (AI)-based integrated care service is gaining positive responses from local residents after proving its effectiveness in the coronavirus era. Aria, an AI speaker, has been distributed as part of a 24-hour ‘untact’ (contactless) care service allowing users to listen to music, check the weather, [...]
SEJONG, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — About 67 percent of South Korean senior citizens want to keep working until the age of 73 on average, data showed Tuesday. The data from Statistics Korea showed that 9.62 million, or 67.4 percent, of the 14.27 million South Koreans aged between 55 and 79 said they want to [...]
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, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Local governments are turning to parks, shaded areas under bridges and hotels in their latest attempt to provide elderly citizens relief from sweltering summer heat while keeping new coronavirus infection risks low. Every summer, local community centers for the elderly are converted into air-conditioned cooling centers as daytime highs [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that elderly couples who live together for their entire lives are more likely to experience decrepitude and weight loss at the same time. The study, carried out by a research team led by Won Chang-won, professor of family medicine at Kyung Hee University Medical [...]
SUWON, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean police have lengthened the green pedestrian signal time at crosswalks, resulting in a slight decline in the number of elderly pedestrian accidents. The Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Agency extended the green signal time at 865 crosswalks located within Gyeonggi Province for about two months starting from February [...]
SEOUL, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The counseling rate for ‘gray divorce’ – marital splits among seniors – between men and women in their 60s and older has increased sharply over the past 20 years. According to statistics from the Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations, a total of 4,783 divorce consultations were conducted [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Older people prefer to go on short trips frequently, a recent study showed. The Korea Tourism Association conducted a survey of 240 seniors more than 60 years old, 43.7 percent of whom said they prefer to go on short trips on a frequent basis. At 55.6 percent, more than [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — In the face of a growing aged population, the index for the quality of life for the elderly in South Korea is below average compared to other member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). In particular, South Korean ranked the lowest in social solidarity among [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — As South Korea enters an aged society, the so-called ‘silver’ industry – denoting products and services targeted to seniors – is expected to grow rapidly. Among them, the food industry is expected to be the most promising. In a report released Sunday, the Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and [...]