Having built nation from scratch, elderly S. Koreans feel abandoned

Nearly half of elderly South Koreans have incomes of less than 50 percent of the median wage, the worst record among industrialized nations. Along with poverty, there’s also a lot of loneliness.

By John Power

Article Reprintsouth korea

Seoul, South Korea — Jeong Soon-ja spent a lifetime working and raising children as part of a generation that lifted South Korea from rural squalor and postwar ruin to become the world’s 15th  largest economy.

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