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South Korea Urged to Consider Japan’s ‘Lonely Death’ Insurance

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a surge in the number of people dying alone in South Korea, a new report has called for the country to follow in the footsteps of Japan and adopt insurance programs for so called lonely deaths. According to the report released on Sunday by researcher Kim Se-joong at the [...]

“Lonely Deaths” Haunt Middle-Aged Men More Than Other Age Groups

SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — “Lonely death” or “solitary death” stereotypically conjures up images of a greying, elderly person dying alone and unattended, their corpse lying in their room undiscovered for weeks on end, but figures collected by the health authorities suggest that men in their 50s, not 60 and 70-year olds, are most [...]