[Silbeo Beurijji] Volume 1 · Chapter 15 · Empty-Nest Elders: China's Norm, Korea's Exception

1. The author compares that more than 60% of older people in China live apart from their children as 'empty-nest elders', while the share of elderly living alone in Hanguk is 23.6%.
2. The author attributes China's causes to the household registration system, urbanization and the one-child policy, and explains Hanguk's as a voluntary choice made possible by the social safety net.
3. Hanguk's lonely-death deaths also rose 7.2% in 2024 from the previous year, and the author argues the two countries should find lessons to learn from each other.

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