The author is a sociology professor at Seoul National University. “Welcome to a super-aged society.” This may very well be the greeting for New Year’s Day in 2025. Last year, Korea’s ...

Korea became a ″super-aged society,″ classified by the United Nations when the population aged 65 years or older account for more than 20 percent of the total population, as of Dec. 23.

The challenge, outlined in a recent report, is on the state’s doorstep: how to meet the needs of a group described as the super-aged. “Those are ages at which the needs are greatest ...

giving it the status of a “super-aged nation”. And as rising costs see retirement funds dwindling rapidly, recruitment experts say the employment scene has also seen more seniors looking to re ...

SINGAPORE – Singapore is expected to be a super-aged society by 2026 as more than one in five here will be aged 65 or older. From brain training systems to sensors primed to detect falls ...