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People walk near the Nakwon Instrument Arcade in central Seoul on July 29. [YONHAP]

'No one to turn to': Number of 'solitary deaths' rose 7.2% in 2024

A man in his 50s who lived alone in a multi-unit house in Seoul was found dead in May last year when his landlord visited to collect overdue rent. He had no steady job and had been out of contact with family since divorcing about a decade earlier.

2025.11.27

Mourners pay respects at Incheon Family Park in Incheon on Jan. 19. [YONHAP]

Rising number of unclaimed deaths highlights Korea's aging population crisis

The number of people dying alone and without anyone to claim their bodies is rising sharply in Korea, exposing the growing vulnerabilities of an aging population and the widening cracks in traditional family networks.

2025.9.25

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Ending the social malaise of lonely death (KOR)

Lonely deaths can be prevented if social isolation is stopped.

2023.7.12

Ending the social malaise of lonely death

Lonely deaths can be prevented if social isolation is stopped.

2023.7.11

Proper measures to prevent lonely deaths (KOR)

t is hard to expect a society neglecting even the last moment of life to be sustainable. Proper preventive measures are urgently needed.

2022.10.27

Proper measures to prevent lonely deaths

t is hard to expect a society neglecting even the last moment of life to be sustainable. Proper preventive measures are urgently needed.

2022.10.26

This picture shows a rice cooker used by a man in his 70s whose body was found two weeks after his death in Gangdong District, eastern Seoul, on March 20. Police found piles of garbage and a lump of dried rice at the bottom of the rice cooker. [YONHAP]

'Lonely deaths' are growing among single ajeossi

Men in their 50s and 60s are at the highest risk of dying alone.

2022.6.21