Half of all households in Seoul consist of single inhabitants, with over 40 percent of adults aged 25-49 unwilling to marry. South Korea's capital is investing more than €260 million over five years to address what officials call a public health epidemic of loneliness.
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Half of all households in Seoul consist of single inhabitants, with over 40 percent of adults aged 25-49 unwilling to marry. South Korea's capital is investing more than €260 million over five years to address what officials call a public health epidemic of loneliness.
For what it's worth:
Our Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation 2023
It's a major issue in Australia too. Modern consumerist society has become too atomized globally and it's too easy to fall into isolation.