Amid South Korea's struggle with the COVID-19 pandemic, the elderly face particular challenges -- and not just from the disease.

The poverty rate of older adults in Korea, which had been on the decline in previous years, regressed in 2022, raising ...

SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s elderly population is grappling with insufficient pension income, as nearly ...

SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has officially entered the ranks of a “super-aged society,” with one in five ...

Particularly, many elderly deaths from external causes are due to traffic accidents and falls within the home. The Statistics Research Institute of Statistics Korea (KOSTAT) released an analysis ...