More people around the world are giving up on having children — not because they don’t want them, but because they simply can’t afford to raise them, a new United Nations report says.
Food expenses for the lowest income class in Korea rose nearly 40 percent over the past five years as soaring food inflation placed a heavier financial burden on low-income individuals, government data showed Sunday.
Young Koreans are preferring a home-packed lunch and packaged meals over eating out amid surging consumer prices. Koreans in their 20s spent 6.6 percent less at restaurants in the second quarter than they did in the first quarter, according...
“When will the day come? I mean the day we’ll finally enjoy the joy of yuktoe?” Yuktoe is an abbreviation of yuka toegeun, with yuka meaning childcare and toegeun referring to leaving the office.
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