Lonely in Korea? You're not alone
Park Ki-woong, 32, moved to Seoul 12 years ago. Away from his family who live in Busan, he has been living alone since then. It took him a while to accustom himself to the solo life, but he has become used to it.
However, there is one thing that still disturbs him, he said. “Eating alone, sleeping alone or watching the TV alone is easier than before, but as years go by, a feeling of loneliness swoops over me more frequently at unexpected moments,” he said. “For example, when I return home after a long day at work and turn on the light at my empty studio apartment, I suddenly feel as if I am alone in the world.”
[ ... ] Meanwhile, a Hankook Research survey of 1,000 adults in Korea conducted in April 2018, showed 46 percent of people who live alone felt lonely “always” or “frequently” and 44 percent felt lonely sometimes. almost 90 percent of single-person households are exposed to a feeling of loneliness.
Lee Ji-soo, a college student who has been living alone in Seoul for six years, hated eating alone at an empty table in her kitchen. “I thought there would be many people of my generation facing the same difficulty – solo dining,” Lee told The Korea Herald. “I wanted to share my table with those who feel lonely while eating alone, so I gathered members to shop at a local market and cook meals together.” [ ... ]
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