In recent years, South Korea's cultural industry has developed quite well, especially the cultural output of the Korean Wave, the TV series in the long legs or idol group so that a lot of fans love the house, along with South Korea are fascinated by the thought that must go to travel a bit. But in fact, South Korea in recent years has encountered a lot of trouble, and not as rosy and beautiful as in the Korean drama.
According to a statistical report last year, South Korea has become a developed country in Asia, the suicide rate of the first high countries, the data pointed out that every million Koreans, there are nearly 300 people will commit suicide, in addition to more than half of the young people because of the pressure of school or career suicide ideas, more surprising is that 45% of the suicide crowd, actually is 60 years old or older. In our general cognition, the elderly in retirement is to enjoy their old age, according to reason the pressure of life is certainly not so big, like most of the elderly in our country, nothing to sneak around, square dancing, comfortable to enjoy their old age, why would still think of suicide?
To get to the root of the problem, it is because of "poverty". In fact, the number of elderly poor people in South Korea is already as high as 49.8 percent, which is what is the concept? In other words, nearly half of the elderly in Korean society are in a state of poverty. Why has it come to this state? In fact, a few decades ago, Korean social thinking was very similar to China's, that is, "hope for the son to become a dragon, hope for the daughter to become a phoenix", and "raising children to prevent old age", in order to raise their children to become a talent, the parents do not hesitate to pay all the money, and the children need to fulfill their filial piety when they grow up, and take care of their aging parents. The children, when they grow up, need to fulfill their filial duty by taking care of their aging parents. Therefore, the social security welfare system is not very necessary in Korea, and there are not many nursing homes.
But now most young Koreans are flocking to the center of the city, "struggling to survive" in an already competitive environment, while high prices, mortgage and car loans have emptied the pockets of these young people, who have taken out loans to spend money and immerse themselves in the glamorous and inexorable life. The company's newest product is a new product, which will be available for sale in the U.S., and will be available for purchase in the U.S. and other countries.
In the face of life's constraints, these elderly people can only "re-emerge", although the legal retirement age of 60 years old in South Korea, but the poor elderly people are forced by life, still have to work after retirement, but because of the age of the problem, the white-collar and other things certainly can not compete with the young people, so most of the elderly engaged in a low-paying, labor-intensive jobs. These jobs are low-paying and labor-intensive, and they are mostly drudgery that young people do not like to engage in, such as cleaners, gasoline attendants, or couriers. Even the elderly who belonged to the middle class before retirement can do nothing but let go of their decency and dignity in the face of the social status quo.
No wonder that when I traveled in South Korea before, I found out that most cab drivers, couriers or restaurant waiters are basically middle-aged and old people, which is the current social phenomenon in South Korea. Some people may want to ask, that children do not have enough ability to support their parents, then Korea does not have a pension system? I have heard from my familiar Korean friends that because Korean society has all along upheld the concept of "raising children for old age", the pension reserve is not sufficient and there is no active promotion of the pension system, so in the face of the situation before us, the local government is at a loss as to what to do. Although the South Korean government has a relatively complete public **** pension system, but the premise is that if the children of the elderly have a regular job, then it is considered to be able to support the elderly, do not pay pensions. And for those who can receive a pension, the meager amount actually makes it difficult to support living expenses.
In all aspects of the pressure, the situation of the elderly in South Korea will face today's situation, but South Korea's aging but still continue to be serious, according to the current development trend, it is estimated that the future will only be more bleak. I traveled in South Korea, a very deep impression is a friend in and cab driver's conversation content, afterward, my friend and I said, she and the driver talked about the work, the elderly driver told her: his life goal is to work until the body can not afford to do so, he is in order to live the life of a generation of people, do not dare to rest down! From this, we can see that most elderly people in South Korea cannot live comfortably in their twilight years. What do you think about this? Feel free to leave your unique views in the comments section