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Rise in Lonely Deaths Among S. Koreans in Recent Years

SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 3,300 people died “lonely deaths” in South Korea last year, continuing an increase that has been ongoing over the past five years, data showed Wednesday. According to the report released by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, there were 3,378 solitary deaths in 2021, which was 40 percent [...]

KEPCO Introduces Monitoring Service to Prevent Solitary Deaths

SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — State-run Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) will be introducing a caretaking service for single-person households to prevent solitary deaths. KEPCO signed a memorandum of understanding with Jeju City and SK Telecom Co. to provide a big data-based social security service on Thursday. This new service will conduct an artificial [...]