Justice and Law

What’s behind South Korea’s elderly crime wave?

A cleaner sweeps fallen leaves on a late autumn day in Seoul, South Korea, November 7, 2018.    REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji - RC167DD97B00

Nearly half (48.6%) of Koreans aged 65 or over live in relative poverty. Image: REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

Rosamond Hutt
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South Korea is ageing at a faster pace than any other developed country.
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