As population aging progresses rapidly in East Asian countries, including Korea, the New York Times reported that an increasing number of elderly people continue to do hard labor even past retirement age.
This is because changes in the demographic structure have made it difficult to provide enough pensions to retirees to live on monthly as the pension situation in each country has not been easy.
Looking at the situation, in Korea, the proportion of the working population aged 65 or older is about 40%, in Hong Kong, 1 in 8 seniors, and in Japan, 1 in 4 are working.
This is high compared to 18% in the US.
Regarding this, the New York Times reported that in East Asia, governments, corporations, and the elderly themselves are already keenly aware of the reality of an aging society.
It was also introduced that the elderly in Korea lined up from 9:00 am in front of a facility that distributed lunch tickets from 11:30 am.