SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 7 in 10 South Korean senior citizens want to keep working until the age of 73 amid a rise in life expectancy, a survey showed Tuesday. The survey by Statistics Korea showed 10 million, or 68.1 percent, of the 14.76 million South Koreans aged between 55 and 79, [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent report has revealed that senior citizens who live alone tend to engage in ‘emotional talks’ with artificial intelligence (AI) speakers, where the speaker answers statements like “I am tired” or “How are you feeling?”, three times more often than others. SK Telecom Co. analyzed the pattern of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean senior citizens are less satisfied with their lives than other age groups, government data showed Monday, as many cope with poverty compared with younger people. The 2017 data compiled by Statistics Korea showed that people aged 65 and older had 2.87 points on a scale of 1 [...]
SEJONG, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is on the threshold of becoming an aged society, with the share of senior citizens aged 65 or older in the nation’s population topping 13 percent last year, data showed Wednesday. According to the data by Statistics Korea, 13.1 percent of South Korea’s 50.62 million population were [...]
SEOUL, Jan.6 (Korea Bizwire) – Among the elderly over 65 and living in Seoul, 3 out of 10 are working to make a living, and those who are working still have trouble covering their basic living costs. According an infographic entitled ‘What Type of Work do the Elderly of Seoul Do?’ created by the Seoul [...]
SEONGNAM, Dec.31 (Korea Bizwire) – New Research has indicated that the elderly who maintain unhealthy exercising habit have a higher tendency to commit suicide. Professor Kim Gi-woong and his team at the mental health department of Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, observed 655 senior citizens over the age of 60 residing in Osan, Gyeonggi province. [...]
SEOUL, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) – In Korea, people are considered to be senior citizens at the age of 65. As senior citizens, Koreans can receive several benefits such as free transportation, government allowances, admission discounts and so on. However, as Korean society is aging faster than any other countries, many have argued that the [...]