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South Korea is paying ‘lonely young people’ $500 a month to re-enter society
A reclusive person seeks solitude, lives alone, and deliberately avoids the company of others. As modern societies, including schools, workplaces, and neighbors, and connections between relatives, and even friends become more individualized, some people choose to live a very solitary life. Such a move seems to have further accelerated with the smartphone, a device intended to be used and enjoyed individually, and the Covid pandemic, which cut off social interactions for some time. Now, over three percent of young South Koreans aged 19 to 39 are regarded as reclusive, socially disconnected individuals who avoid interacting with anyone outside their own world or space. Since such people are thought to become unhealthy physically and/or mentally, the South Korean government announced providing financial aid, about $500 a month, to lonely young people in poor families. As the nation is having fewer births year after year, it is essential to get every young citizen to participate in social activities. But will the money bring those reclusive youths out of their own world?
South Korea is paying ‘lonely young people’ $500 a month to re-enter society
A reclusive person seeks solitude, lives alone, and deliberately avoids the company of others. As modern societies, including schools, workplaces, and neighbors, and connections between relatives, and even friends become more individualized, some people choose to live a very solitary life. Such a move seems to have further accelerated with the smartphone, a device intended to be used and enjoyed individually, and the Covid pandemic, which cut off social interactions for some time. Now, over three percent of young South Koreans aged 19 to 39 are regarded as reclusive, socially disconnected individuals who avoid interacting with anyone outside their own world or space. Since such people are thought to become unhealthy physically and/or mentally, the South Korean government announced providing financial aid, about $500 a month, to lonely young people in poor families. As the nation is having fewer births year after year, it is essential to get every young citizen to participate in social activities. But will the money bring those reclusive youths out of their own world?
Enjoy reading the article and learning about the rising problem of reclusive
youths.
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/14/asia/south-korea-youth-recluse-stipend-intl-hnk/index.html
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/14/asia/south-korea-youth-recluse-stipend-intl-hnk/index.html
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