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Two-person households to top 30% for first time next year

Households inhabited by two people will exceed 30 percent of Korea’s total next year, with more than 44 percent headed by older adults.

2026.10.6

'A place I'm grateful for': Inside Korea's laundromats of solitude and hope

As single-person households rise, laundromats have become quiet refuges for Koreans facing high rents, uncertain jobs and loneliness.

2026.8.22

Young men living alone most vulnerable to high blood pressure, study finds

The number of young men living alone with hypertension stood at 33.3 per 1,000 people in 2023, higher than the average of 22.8 for those aged 20 to 39 living alone.

2026.7.6

A neighborhood of residences occupied mostly by single-person households in Jongno District, central Seoul, in December 2020. [YONHAP]

Seoul city forms team for welfare of single-person households

Seoul city has put together a special team to focus on welfare and housing policies for single-person households starting Monday. “This was a campaign pledge of Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon, to put together a task force team to focus on policies for...

2021.4.19

Tag: single-person households

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