The South Koreans left behind in a contact-free society
[ ... ] Many elderly people, however, are struggling as they adapt to lives isolated from their usual support systems. Most local senior citizen centres, where the elderly can socialise, are closed and according to a survey by Hankook Research, 97% of senior citizens in their 60s and older said they refrained from going out after the outbreak. [...]
[ ... ] It’s a problem of which the South Korean government is all too aware. Science and ICT Minister Choi Ki-young has acknowledged the need for an inclusive digital economy, warning that the digital divide “could widen the social gap even further”, particularly in the coronavirus era. There’s also the question of vital information getting to where it is needed. In a recent survey, 83% of participants predicted that the information gap would get worse in the post-coronavirus era, while 65% said that official information was not evenly delivered to everyone during the pandemic. [...]
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