All materials contained on this site are protected by Korean copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior consent of the JoongAng Ilbo | Tel: 1577-0510
JoongAng Ilbo Co., Ltd. | Address: 48-6 Sangamsan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Business registration number: 110-81-00999 | CEO & Publisher: Park Chang-hee | Executive Editor: Choi Ji-young
Mail order business report number: 2020-Seoul Mapo-3838 | Online newspaper registration No: 서울,아55177
Date of Registration: 2023. 11. 21 | Juvenile Protection Manager: Park Hyunyoung
![Kim Min-sub, a researcher at the Korea Development Institute, talks about the decline in Korean workers' cognitive abilities at a briefing at the government complex in Sejong on Jan. 14, 2026. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12024698.jpg?imageId=12024698&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![People wait for consultations at the Seoul northern regional headquarters of the National Pension Service in Seodaemun District, western Seoul, on March 20. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12474776.jpg?imageId=12474776&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Korean women on average lived to the age of 90.7 while men lived to 86.3, according to the Korea Insurance Development Institute (KIDI)’s experience mortality table released Sunday.[SHUTTERSTOCK]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10108406.jpg?imageId=10108406&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)