SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — On a quiet Friday afternoon in Eunpyeong District, a group of middle-aged Seoul residents gathered not just to cook—but to connect. They were participants in Eunbit SOL Dining, a community cooking program that is part of Seoul’s broader Happy Table initiative aimed at reducing social isolation among one-person households [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of one-person households in South Korea reached another high of 34.5 percent in 2022 amid rapid aging and an increasing number of young people delaying marriage, the statistics agency said Tuesday. Households with a single member accounted for 34.5 percent of households in South Korea last year, up from the previous year’s 33.4 percent, according [...]
SEOUL, April 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of single-member households were in the poor class and the proportion among senior citizens came to nearly 70 percent, a report showed Sunday. The relative poverty rate of one-person households came to 47.2 percent in 2020, compared with 15.3 percent for all households, according to the report [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of one-person households in South Korea hit a fresh record last year, data showed Wednesday, as more young people delayed marriages. One-person families accounted for 33.4 percent of the total last year, up from 31.7 percent the previous year, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It [...]
SEJONG, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of one-person households in South Korea is expected to reach nearly 40 percent in 2050 due to a delay in marriages and rapid aging, a government estimate showed Tuesday. The number of households consisting of one member is forecast to reach 9.05 million in 2050, taking up [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of employed one-person households in South Korea showed a steep increase last year amid an economic recovery, government data showed Tuesday. As of October 2021, the number of working one-person households jumped by 440,000 on-year to 4.14 million households, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. [...]
SEOUL, April 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Cabinet on Tuesday approved bills to allow single people to adopt children, as the number of one-person households is sharply increasing. The justice ministry revised the Civil Act and the Family Litigation Act, which currently stipulate only married couples can legally adopt. Under the revisions, single people can [...]
SEJONG, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of single-member households in South Korea soared more than 27 percent in 2020 from five years earlier, government data showed Friday, amid a delay in marriage and a rapidly aging population. One-person families numbered 6.64 million last year, up 27.5 percent from five years earlier and accounting [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The proportion of one-person households in South Korea hit a fresh record high last year as the number of such households has continued to increase amid a delay in marriage and rapid aging, data showed Wednesday. One-person families accounted for 31.7 percent of the total last year, up from [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The portion of single-member households in South Korea surpassed 30 percent of the total last year, a government survey showed Sunday, amid an increase in diverse forms of families. One-person families accounted for 30.4 percent of the total in 2020, according to a survey conducted on 11,000 households by [...]