A so-called “poverty challenge” circulating on social media has drawn criticism for trivializing economic hardship, as users post pictures flaunting their wealth while claiming to suffer from terrible poverty.
Four out of 10 older Koreans are living on less than half the country's median income, the highest percentage of any OECD member state, as the rapid growth of Korea's aging society is wearing down the social safety net for people after retirement.
A growing number of middle-aged and older Korean men are falling into “relationship poverty,” as job loss, retirement and family discord sever social ties and push them into isolation that existing welfare systems struggle to reach.
Even as economic hardship eases, a growing number of Koreans are sliding into “relationship poverty” — living stable lives materially yet increasingly isolated, lonely and disconnected in an always-online society.
From freezing water bottles to relying on local children's centers, low-income households are suffering exponentially in the brutal heat wave, with far more cases of heat-related illnesses disproportionately affecting the vulnerable population.
A woman in her 60s and her daughter in her 20s were found dead on Sunday, in what police suspect to be suicides in Iksan, North Jeolla.
Bank of Korea Gov. Rhee Chang-yong called for policies to help older people liquidate their assets, including through reverse mortgages, to alleviate the high rate of elderly poverty.
Argentina's poverty rate dropped to 38.1 percent in libertarian President Javier Milei's first year in office, the nation's official statistics agency reported on Monday.
Elderly people stand in line at a soup kitchen set up outside Tapgol Park in Jongno District, central Seoul, on Wednesday, which also marks Senior Citizens' Day in Korea.
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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