Comments on: Aging in Korea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/02/aging-in-korea/ Korea... in Blog Format Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:37:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Korea » Blog Archive » 2000s by Year http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/02/aging-in-korea/#comment-76327 Korea » Blog Archive » 2000s by Year Tue, 03 Apr 2007 09:08:23 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/02/aging-in-korea/#comment-76327 [...] WONK ALERT: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has published a report on aging in Korea [CSIS homepage] warning that by 2050, the Land of the Morning Calm might be duking it out with Japan, Italy and Spain for the … – more – [...] [...] WONK ALERT: The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) has published a report on aging in Korea [CSIS homepage] warning that by 2050, the Land of the Morning Calm might be duking it out with Japan, Italy and Spain for the … – more – [...]

]]> By: wjk http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/02/aging-in-korea/#comment-76169 wjk Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:32:47 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/02/aging-in-korea/#comment-76169 it's not about feeding them, it's about paying money to educate them and get them a secure position in society. Incredibly sad society. it’s not about feeding them, it’s about paying money to educate them and get them a secure position in society.

Incredibly sad society.

]]> By: Linkd http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/02/aging-in-korea/#comment-76167 Linkd Mon, 02 Apr 2007 02:09:39 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/04/02/aging-in-korea/#comment-76167 The National Statistics Office used to have a really useful site @ nso.go.kr. Not any more - now it's an online shopping mall and you have to pay for all their info. Before the conversion, their population projection table had 2015 as the year of peak population for ROK, with a steady decline after that. Anecdotally, in a similar vein, my wife had dinner last week a Korean friend. She's a dentist, graduated SNU, has her own clinic in Seocho. Her husband is an esthetic surgeon, also SNU, has a clinic by Hongdae. She said they're stopping at one kid, because they can't imagine how they'll afford to educate a second. The National Statistics Office used to have a really useful site @ nso.go.kr. Not any more - now it’s an online shopping mall and you have to pay for all their info.

Before the conversion, their population projection table had 2015 as the year of peak population for ROK, with a steady decline after that.

Anecdotally, in a similar vein, my wife had dinner last week a Korean friend. She’s a dentist, graduated SNU, has her own clinic in Seocho. Her husband is an esthetic surgeon, also SNU, has a clinic by Hongdae. She said they’re stopping at one kid, because they can’t imagine how they’ll afford to educate a second.

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