SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – As “godoksa,” or solitary death, becomes a pressing social concern, a recent survey unveils that the average South Korean believes there is a 32 percent chance of facing such a fate. Godoksa refers to an isolated demise, where an individual passes away alone, disconnected from family, relatives, and others, with [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 1.5 million South Korean people are at risk of “lonely death,” or unattended death, accounting for 3 percent of the country’s population, a government survey showed Thursday. The Ministry of Health and Welfare said it had conducted the poll on a sample of 9,471 single-member households from [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Wednesday it is using smart plugs to monitor single-person households with a risk of “lonely death” 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. A smart plug is a device that is connected to the electrical outlets that power televisions, microwaves and other commonly [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Economic problems represented by unemployment, coupled with multiple structural and social issues, are socially cornering young South Koreans, resulting in cases of lonely deaths, experts said Wednesday. Lonely death refers to a phenomenon of people with no relatives dying alone and remaining undiscovered for a long period of time. [...]
CHANGWON, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Gyeongsang Provincial Government has announced plans to distribute a safety service app to prevent solitary death for those who live alone. The app is an expanded and revised version of the app developed by Hapcheon County that can be used by all residents. The “Hapcheon Safety Service App” [...]
SEOUL, May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Busan is expected to pass South Korea’s first city ordinance to address loneliness, which is becoming a serious social problem. The Busan Metropolitan Council announced on Thursday that it will bring the legislation to the permanent committee for review today. The ordinance defines loneliness as solitary [...]
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 [...]
BUSAN, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Municipal authorities in Busan have come up with a measure to help prevent so-called ‘lonely deaths’ in single-person households. Officials at Busan Metropolitan City Hall announced yesterday that they were establishing a pilot project that would check members of single-person households for depression in addition to providing treatment and [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The local city government of Busan announced today that it was initiating a so-called “Knock Knock Service”, which will analyze cell phone records to check in on local city residents. The service follows recent government efforts to prevent solitary deaths, which have been on the rise. The number of [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government will launch a joint monitoring system to encourage local communities to help lonely people living alone. City officials announced a number of comprehensive protective measures against so called ‘lonely death’ on Tuesday, including plans to bring communities closer and introduce personalized support for public services and [...]