HD Hyundai 1% Nanum Foundation, a charity unit under HD Hyundai, opened its 13th "Happy Plate" program at a senior center restaurant in Gunsan, North Jeolla, on Tuesday.
It is necessary to change the job structure and shift the paradigm.
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday rolled out comprehensive measures for older people, including increasing the housing supply and enhancing nursing care, as the country rapidly becomes an aging society.
We need to liven the debate to find the optimal solution on free transit for the elderly.
A debate over Korea's free subway program is bringing new controversy to the age standard for senior citizenship.
Lee Jun-seok has stirred controversy again by including in his new party’s platform a demand that women serve in the military if they want to become police officers or firefighters.
Korea's population aged 70 and older outnumbered those in their 20s for the first time last year, as the society rapidly ages amid record low birthrates.
The life expectancy for Korean women has surpassed 90 years of age for the first time while men’s also rose, decreasing the gap between the two genders compared to figures recorded in a regular survey last made five years ago.
The welfare costs landing on the younger generation will be unbearable.
Around 42,000 adults over age 65 are earning less than a dollar per hour by collecting used paper on the streets, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
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