SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) – About 4 out of 10 middle-aged South Koreans are burdened with “double care”, where they have to support their single children in adulthood along with their elderly parents. According to a report released by the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs, 39.5 percent of the 1,000 middle-aged people [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Hana Institute of Finance, a research unit of Hana Financial Group Inc., has suggested in its “Report on the Retirement Life of South Korean National Pensioners” published on Monday that nearly half of the recipients of the national pension plan see a 50 percent drop in their purchasing [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of all South Koreans who are registered as having disabilities are over 65, with numbers steadily rising in recent years, a government report showed Wednesday. The annual disabilities report compiled by the Ministry of Health and Welfare showed that as of last year, 2.59 million people, or [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul and its autonomous districts are racing to present customized programs for the underprivileged, such as the disabled and the elderly. What is unique about two of the new programs is that they broke the existing norms of ‘being quiet in the library’ and ‘bringing babies to classical concerts’. [...]
JEUNGPYEONG, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The county government of Jeungpyeong, North Chungcheong Province, announced on Tuesday that it will expand and implement a “Green Greeting” project that delivers green vegetable juice to prevent the solitude of underprivileged people such as single-parent families with young children and elderly people living alone. The project will be [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — As the number of pet dogs increases, the number of elderly dogs, which are considered “grandfathers and grandmothers,” has increased significantly. The pet industry is pouring out a variety of products, from blood sugar-control meal products to sanitary pants. According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of couples over the age of 60 are applying for divorce counseling, data released by a provider of free legal consultation services showed Monday. The Korea Legal Aid Center for Family Relations (KLACFR) said it handled 4,653 clients who wanted help with divorce last year, with [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Wednesday that it plans to deliver ‘pet plants’ to 6,000 seniors who are over 65 years old, living alone, and in the lower income tier. Since 2017, the city has been providing ivy, spearflower, and robust rubber trees to prevent solitary deaths and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint research team formed by Professor Won Jang-won of the Kyung Hee University Hospital and Dr. Kim Hun-kyung, a researcher at the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology have announced the results of a study conducted on women aged 70 to 84 in Tokyo to see whether eight years [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean senior citizens are less satisfied with their lives than other age groups, government data showed Monday, as many cope with poverty compared with younger people. The 2017 data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that people aged 65 and older had 2.87 points on a scale of 1 [...]