Abandoned Houses on the Rise Again in Rural Areas

SEOUL, Jul. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 50,000 houses remained uninhabited in South Korea’s rural areas last year, agricultural ministry data released by a ruling party lawmaker showed Saturday. The number of empty rural houses was tallied at 50,801 as of August 2016, rising from 48,901 in 2014 and 48,685 in 2015, the data showed. [...]