Of the country’s 9,472 temporary wildfire monitors, more than 73 per cent are over the age of 60, according to the Korea ...

A combination of an aging society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were disproportionately on the ...

Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to rubble and ...

South Korea's income inequality has decreased over the past decade, but the relative poverty rate among the elderly population is among the highest among member countries of the Organisation for ...

South Korean marriages increased the most on record in a hopeful sign for a nation that has been ramping up efforts to boost the world’s lowest fertility rate behind growing economic pessimism ...

A combination of an ageing society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were disproportionately on the front lines tackling South Korea’s devastating wildfires this month ...

ANDONG: Walking with a cane, 84-year-old apple farmer Kim Mi-ja surveys the wreckage of her village, which was reduced to ...

Wildfires and Aging Society Make for Deadly Mix in South Korea By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters ... However, the make up of the population is only one of the issues, experts say.