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Economy South Korea’s job growth rises in July led by elderly workers

South Korea’s job numbers grew in July, led by new hires among those in their 60s and older in one of the world's fastest-aging countries. The...

Leadership & Management Sibling rivalry for Hankook Tire control takes new turn as MBK steps in

The sibling rivalry for management control of Hankook Tire & Technology Co., South Korea’s top tire maker, has taken another turn as the e...

Economy BOK chief says aging without assets key challenge to S.Koreans

JEJU -- South Korea’s central bank chief on Friday warned of the growing risk of aging without assets in Asia’s fourth-largest economy a...

Insurance KB Financial, Sompo Japan team up for boosting nursing care services

South Korea's KB Financial Group and Japan's Sompo Holdings announced on Friday a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on nursing care s...

Culture & Trends S.Korea's elderly population to exceed 10 million in 2024

The number of people in South Korea aged 65 or over next year is expected to break 10 million, with the country to enter an era in which 20% of the ...

Mergers & Acquisitions MBK to buy Japanese nursing home and care service for $300 mn

MBK Partners, the largest private equity firm in Northeast Asia, is set to acquire Japanese senior nursing care service company Unimat Retirement Co...

Bio & Pharma SK Chemicals launches uremia itching treatment tablet

SK Chemicals said on Monday that it has launched Remitch in orally disintegrating tablets, a treatment for intractable uremic pruritus (uremia itchi...

Korean Innovators at CES 2023 Samsung to launch its first robot to assist with elderly care

Samsung Electronics Co., the world's largest memory chip and smartphone maker, is set to launch its first robot later this year to care for the elde...

Economy S.Korea forecast to have world's oldest population by 2070

South Korea is expected to become the world’s most elderly country with about half of its population aged 65 or older by 2070, the government ...

Unemployment rate COVID-19 pandemic slams Korea’s job market; elderly workers rise

Hit hard by the fallout of the coronavirus pandemic, South Korea lost about 392,000 jobs in September, with the number of employed slipping for the se...