South Korea’s high caregiving burden is expected to further exacerbate elderly poverty. Korea ranks overwhelmingly first in “elderly poverty” among OECD member countries. According to an OECD report ...

Long treated in South Korea as a private discomfort to be managed quietly, menstruation is increasingly being reframed as a ...

Low pension adequacy, restrictive safety nets, and life-course inequality explain why old age so often means poverty in Korea.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Lee Jae-myung, who rose from childhood poverty to become South Korea's leading liberal politician vowing to fight inequality and corruption, was elected president Wednesday ...

The power of education became one of the driving forces behind Korea’s transformation from one of the world’s poorest nations ...