Eight years ago, a man received a call from his estranged father, who had abandoned him years ago at a foster care facility in Yongsan, central Seoul, following a divorce.
The number of deaths among youths who aged out of the foster care system is on the rise, highlighting gaps in the current support system as well as the difficulties young adults face when they lose government assistance.
Policy is drowned out in favor of potshots as the rival parties seek control of parliament.
Doctors nationwide rallied against the government plan to expand medical school admissions on Thursday. “The plan is a populist policy that has been haphazardly put together to win votes in the general election,” said a doctor in a rally joined...
Doctors in Korea are set to hold a strike over the government's plans to expand medical school admissions and establish a public medical school. The strike, planned for later this week, has sparked a contentious debate.
According to the city government on Tuesday, these residences will be offered at approximately 30 to 85 percent of the market price in the neighborhood. They will be located near subway stations and medical facilities.
The leadership change in the Presidential Committee of Aging Society and Population Policy is seen as a significant overhaul pushed by the president's office to foster a more assertive approach to addressing the ongoing fertility crisis.
Political parties in Korea are proposing major policies to appeal to the older generation ahead of the April general elections.
Workers aged 60 and above surpassed those in their 20s in the manufacturing sector workforce last year, constituting a record-high 13.4 percent of all manufacturing employees.
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.
Korea JoongAng Daily Sitemap