Rise in singletons cause of concern in South
Korea
By the end of this year, single person-households will be
the most common living arrangement in South Korea. They will make up 25 per
cent of all households, a ratio that's doubled in the last twenty years.
Companies are responding to this trend by for example making ready-to-eat or
easy-to-cook food, in smaller serving sizes. But the rapid growth in
single-person households also worries the government. A lower marriage rate,
in conservative South Korea means a low-birth rate, that equals fewer
workers to support an aging population. Al Jazeera's Florence Looi reports
from Seoul.
