[Silver Bridge] Silver Bridge: Their Day · Chapter 4 · Rural Elderly, a Forgotten Group Let Us Remember

1. This column says rural elderly people in Korea and China face economic poverty, limited access to medical care, and loneliness.
2. Of Korea's 2,004,000 farming population in 2024, 55.8% are aged 65 or older, nearly triple the 21% recorded in 2015.
3. The author argues that the two countries must cooperate to address both Korea's "ratio crisis" and China's "scale crisis."

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