This preventive healthcare model must be actively adopted to reduce medical expenses and increase the healthy elderly population." Domestic experts state that South Korea, which has entered a ...

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

The Japanese government passed a record defense budget in 2024, in line with its commitment to increase its defense spending to two percent of its GDP by 2027. The country’s new prime minister, ...

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

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

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

SEOUL: Experts say this apparent inattentiveness to others' private space is rooted in Korea's collectivist culture, where ...

South Korea will prioritize economic recovery in next year's fiscal policy, while enhancing support for next-generation ...

South Korea's parliament on Thursday passed a bill to reform the country's $830 billion pension fund and delay the depletion ...

The nation now faces a rapidly aging population, a shrinking workforce, and gender imbalances due to a cultural preference for male children. Japan and South Korea are grappling with some of the ...

Seoul says Trump’s “America First” policies are targeting South Korea, while Japan says it’s failed to secure tariff exemptions from Washington. For more, TaiwanPlus speaks to Sung Soo ...

In December, over 20 per cent of South Korea’s population was aged 65 or older, marking South Korea’s official transition into a super-aged society. THE KOREA HERALD/ASIA NEWS NETWORK ...