Middle-aged singles on rise in Seoul, with money dividing happiness

More Seoulites in their 40s and 50s are living unmarried and alone, with a new city report showing their happiness increasingly depends on income, while their ties to local communities remain weaker than those of their married peers. A total of 560,000 Seoul residents aged 40 to 59 were unmarried as of 2024, accounting for 20.5 percent of the city’s 2.74 million people in that age group, according to a report released Thursday by the Seoul Metropolitan Government. That share has risen steadily i

By The Korea Herald