SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has shed light on the growing social isolation faced by individuals living alone in Seoul, South Korea’s bustling capital. More than half of Seoul’s single-person households report having no one to turn to for help with daily tasks or during emergencies, raising concerns about the need for [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – The district of Jung-gu in Incheon has launched a mobile application aimed at preventing isolated deaths among its growing population of single-person households, officials announced on Tuesday. The “Safe eJung-gu” app is designed to automatically send emergency text message alerts to pre-registered guardians if the user, deemed at high risk [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of single-person households in South Korea has surpassed 10 million, driven by rapid aging and a growing trend toward remaining single, prompting the government to explore policies catering to this demographic shift. According to population statistics from the Ministry of Interior and Safety released on April 9, there [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Single-person travel is becoming increasingly popular. According to the Korea Tourism Organization, an analysis of BC Card Co.’s credit card transaction data showed that travel consumption by single-person households accounted for 14.6 percent of all tourism-related consumption in the country last year, up by 5.5 percentage points from the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Middle-age consumers in their 40s and 50s are increasingly buying products for one person as some of them opt to not marry and live alone, a local online shopping mall said Thursday. In the January-September period, sales of products designed for one-person households jumped 27 percent from the same [...]