The Gap After Age 60 Korea’s statutory retirement age is currently 60, but the age at which people start collecting national pension benefits is being pushed back in stages to …
Daily Life & Society
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Society & Social Trends
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Daily Life & Society
Korea’s Headline Inflation Cooled to 2.8%. Grocery Aisles and Repair Bills Didn’t Get the Memo.
by J. Haanby J. HaanThe Gap Between the Average and the Grocery Cart Korea’s consumer prices rose 2.8% in July from a year earlier, down from June’s 3.2%. Judging by the headline number alone, …
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Society & Social Trends
Korea’s Dementia Patient Count Is About to Hit One Million. The More Important Number Is How Caregiving Is Changing.
by J. Haanby J. HaanThe Prevalence Rate Is Down. The Patient Count Isn’t. Korea’s dementia prevalence rate among older adults has edged down from the previous survey. Yet the total number of dementia patients …
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Society & Social Trends
Korea Is Pushing to Raise the Retirement Age to 65 This Year. It Isn’t Law Yet.
by J. Haanby J. HaanThe Five-Year Gap Between a 60-Year-Old Retirement Age and a 65-Year-Old Pension In Korea, the legal retirement age is 60, but the National Pension doesn’t start paying out until as …
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Gaming & Esports
Nongshin Lost the Opening Set to T1 and Still Advanced — What That Reveals About the KeSPA Cup’s Variables
by J. Haanby J. HaanNongshin Is the First Team to Reach the Final It’s easy to assume the regular-season power rankings carry over directly into a short tournament. The 2026 League of Legends KeSPA …
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Gaming & Esports
A Single Mobile Game Just Opened Its Tenth World Championship — Starting With Korea’s Qualifier
by J. Haanby J. HaanA Tenth Season That Started With a Korean Qualifier Global esports is usually associated with PC titles like League of Legends or Counter-Strike. But Korean game company Com2uS has run …
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Dating Culture
Korea’s First Bisexual Dating Reality ‘StandBIMe’ Widens the Boundaries of Dating Culture
by J. Haanby J. HaanA Friend Suddenly Asked, “Have You Seen This?” A friend shoved her phone screen in my face and asked, “Have you seen this? It’s a totally new kind of dating …
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Society & Social Trends
From “How Do I Use This” to “How Do We Manage This”: Korea’s Online AI Conversation Is Changing
by J. Haanby J. HaanWhat the Numbers Reveal About a Shifting Conversation By now, it’s hardly news that artificial intelligence has woven itself into daily life. What’s more interesting is how the substance of …
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Dating Culture
Swiping Left on Swiping: Why Running Crews Are Becoming Korea’s Dating App Alternative
by J. Haanby J. HaanI Was Exhausted, So I Laced Up My Running Shoes — and Weirdly, It Helped Honestly, I went through a phase of just swiping through dating app profiles until I …
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Society & Social Trends
Korea’s Working-Age Population Falls Below 70% for the First Time — And Foreign Residents Are the Only Reason It Isn’t Shrinking
by J. Haanby J. HaanA Single Number Quietly Crossed a Line On July 28, 2026, Korea’s National Data Agency released the results of the 2025 Population and Housing Census, and one figure stood out. …
