[Silver Bridge] Volume 3 · Chapter 16 · The elderly man at the senior center door and the question of redefining filial piety

1. Introducing Chapter 16 of his book "Silver Bridge: Don-gwa Gwangye," the author recounts meeting an older man who hesitated in front of a senior center, using the experience to describe the changing position of the elderly.
2. Citing 2024 senior statistics from Statistics Korea, the author notes that the poverty rate for people aged 66 and over is 39.7%, the highest among the 37 OECD countries.
3. The author argues that filial piety is shifting from a duty to a choice and asks that it be redefined to suit the times, in a column that also promotes his book.

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