Reforming Korea’s national pension system is both urgent and necessary, but remains a politically sensitive issue. Tthe key contenders in the June 3 presidential election are now placing it among their top 10 campaign pledges.
A debate over Korea's free subway program is bringing new controversy to the age standard for senior citizenship.
President Yoon Suk-yeol stressed that reforms in three major areas — pensions, labor and education — were a "necessity, not an option" Thursday.
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