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Free Subway Rides for Seniors Under Threat Amidst Budget Concerns

Free Subway Rides for Seniors Under Threat Amidst Budget Concerns

SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s decades-long free subway ride policy for elderly passengers is being met with calls for a higher age threshold, with local public transport operators seeking ways to offset the growing losses. Since its implementation during the 1980s under the Chun Doo-hwan government, the free subway ride policy has been [...]