The Korean elderly population needs socializing
The community in the super-aged society is not yet readyKorea will become a super-aged society within 20 years, but there is not enough space for the elderly to socialize. In addition, the suicide rates of elderly Koreans who feel isolated is increasing. Therefore, the elderly who want to meet people but don't have a place to meet them need community-based facilities and services for this purpose.One in five senior citizens within the next 25 yearsThe elderly population in Korea is incre...
The Korean elderly population needs socializing
The community in the super-aged society is not yet readyKorea will become a super-aged society within 20 years, but there is not enough space for the elderly to socialize. In addition, the suicide rates of elderly Koreans who feel isolated is increasing. Therefore, the elderly who want to meet people but don't have a place to meet them need community-based facilities and services for this purpose.One in five senior citizens within the next 25 yearsThe elderly population in Korea is incre...
Why the Young Koreans are Flocking to the Investment Market
"working [but] not being able to buy a house."Korea's MZ generation has developed a strong interest in the investment market. The MZ generation refers to young people in their 20s and 30s, which encompasses millennials born in the early 1980s and early 2000s, as well as members of the Z generation born in the early 2000s. Young Koreans are spending more than twice as much money on stocks as they did in 2020. These young, ambitious Koreans are even pioneering a new investment market calle...
Why the Young Koreans are Flocking to the Investment Market
"working [but] not being able to buy a house."Korea's MZ generation has developed a strong interest in the investment market. The MZ generation refers to young people in their 20s and 30s, which encompasses millennials born in the early 1980s and early 2000s, as well as members of the Z generation born in the early 2000s. Young Koreans are spending more than twice as much money on stocks as they did in 2020. These young, ambitious Koreans are even pioneering a new investment market calle...
'Bright and skinny' K-pop idols are fostered around the world
Behind the success of the K-POP idol cultivation systemSouth Korean entertainment companies are working to export their K-Pop idol cultivational systems to foreign countries. As K-Pop idols have achieved significant results in the U.S. market recently, Korean entertainment firms intend to develop new profit models by nurturing idols directly from abroad in addition to the expansion of Korean idols overseas. Is this system really effective for sufficiently nurturing artists to export abroad? W...
'Bright and skinny' K-pop idols are fostered around the world
Behind the success of the K-POP idol cultivation systemSouth Korean entertainment companies are working to export their K-Pop idol cultivational systems to foreign countries. As K-Pop idols have achieved significant results in the U.S. market recently, Korean entertainment firms intend to develop new profit models by nurturing idols directly from abroad in addition to the expansion of Korean idols overseas. Is this system really effective for sufficiently nurturing artists to export abroad? W...
Can technology platforms persuade existing providers?
The balance of interests of platforms, providers, consumers@charles-deluvio / UnsplashA technology platform has emerged between consumers and providers. Today, platform startups are connecting providers and consumers in a variety of fields, including restaurants, finance, mobility, law, and healthcare. In particular, platforms in the lemon market sector, which has been a site of severe information imbalances between producers and consumers, seem to have succeeded in attracting consumers throu...
Can technology platforms persuade existing providers?
The balance of interests of platforms, providers, consumers@charles-deluvio / UnsplashA technology platform has emerged between consumers and providers. Today, platform startups are connecting providers and consumers in a variety of fields, including restaurants, finance, mobility, law, and healthcare. In particular, platforms in the lemon market sector, which has been a site of severe information imbalances between producers and consumers, seem to have succeeded in attracting consumers throu...
Marriage Immigrants Support Labor Force in Rural Korea
Marriage Immigrants: Korea’s Neglected CaregiversThere is a special group of immigrants in Korea known as “marriage immigrants.” This group is primarily comprised of women who immigrate to Korea in order to marry rural or low-income Korean men. Most often, these women hail from less-developed countries in Asia. In the absence of a sufficient care system in Korea, often these women are responsible for bearing and raising children, and also caring for the elderly and the disabled. However, inst...
Marriage Immigrants Support Labor Force in Rural Korea
Marriage Immigrants: Korea’s Neglected CaregiversThere is a special group of immigrants in Korea known as “marriage immigrants.” This group is primarily comprised of women who immigrate to Korea in order to marry rural or low-income Korean men. Most often, these women hail from less-developed countries in Asia. In the absence of a sufficient care system in Korea, often these women are responsible for bearing and raising children, and also caring for the elderly and the disabled. However, inst...
