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

and rural areas are both underpopulated and disproportionately elderly. Just over half of South Korea's entire population ...

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

In 2025, South Korea entered an ultra-aged society. The number that caught the reporting team's attention was '53.9%.' Among registered persons with disabilities in South Korea, 53.9% are aged 65 ...

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

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - A combination of an aging society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were disproportionately on the frontlines tackling South Korea's devastating wildfires this ...

After emerging from the 1950-53 war with North Korea, South Korea emerged as one of the 20th century’s most remarkable economic success stories, becoming a developed, globally connected, high ...

Wildfires and Aging Society Make for Deadly Mix in South Korea By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) - A combination of an aging society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - A combination of an aging society and a reliance on temporary workers meant older people were disproportionately on the frontlines tackling South Korea's devastating wildfires ...

Adults in South Korea with depression or anxiety who were living alone were significantly more likely to die by suicide ...