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[Silver Bridge] Silver Bridge: Their Days · Chapter 3 · Elderly Trapped in Goshiwons and the Reality of Housing Poverty
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- This serial column highlights the problem of housing poverty among the elderly through the case of 72-year-old Mr. Kim, who lives in a goshiwon in Seoul.
- A 2022 survey by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport found that 177,441 households headed by people aged 60 or older lived in non-residential housing such as goshiwons.
- The author compares elderly housing issues in Korea and China and introduces Chapter 3 of his book, "Silver Bridge: Geudeurui Haru."
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