SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans who moved to different residences in the country fell to the lowest level in about 50 years last year, data showed Tuesday, amid population aging and a housing market slump. The number of people who changed their residences inched down 0.4 percent on-year to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of South Koreans who moved to different residences in the country sank to a 50-year low in September on population aging and the sagging real estate market, the statistics agency said Wednesday. Around 450,000 people changed their residences last month, down 1.6 percent from a year earlier, [...]
JEJU, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are scrambling to move to Jeju Island following the second wave of the coronavirus outbreak. The Statistics Korea’s population mobility data showed that 568 people left Jeju Province in the first quarter this year, which was reversed after 705 people moved to Jeju in the following quarter. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans changed residences to a different region at the slowest pace in 47 years in 2019 due to the rapid aging population and tightened regulations on home purchases, data showed Wednesday. The number of people who moved to other regions (a different province or city) in the country [...]