Sept. 24

• ●Korea's parental leave benefits lag behind OECD average (The Korea Herald)
  Korea's parental leave benefits average at 44.6 percent of actual wages, placing it near the bottom of the list among the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development member nations, data revealed Sunday.
  
  

• ●2m Koreans opt out of life-extending treatments (The Korea Herald)
  Nearly two million individuals in Korea have formally declined life-extending medical interventions, choosing instead to prioritize their right to die with dignity when suffering from a terminal condition, data showed Sunday.
  
  

• ●Patients, doctors at loggerheads as operating room CCTV footage made mandatory (The Korea Times)
  Both patients' groups and the medical sector are reacting against a revised Medical Services Act that requires medical institutions to install close-circuit cameras (CCTV) in operating rooms to prevent possible abuses against patients under anesthesia.

Sept. 25

• ●Seoul mayor promotes city's welfare policies in Yale lecture (Korea JoongAng Daily)
  Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon highlighted his philosophy of selective welfare in a lecture he delivered in English at Yale University.
  
  

• ●Growth hormone treatment for children spiking in Korea (The Korea Herald)
  The number of adolescents receiving growth hormone therapy is increasing rapidly, with the number for the first half of the year already surpassing that of last year.
  
  

• ●Seoul's inclusive growth initiatives garner global attention (The Korea Times)
  Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon announced, Monday, the city's commitment to carry out policies prioritizing inclusive growth by supporting a variety of educational programs and a new welfare system for people in need.
  
  

• ●Will new measures ease shortage of pediatricians in Korea? (The Korea Times)
  The government announced new measures to address a shortage of pediatric physicians in Korea, which experts fear could escalate into a major child health care crisis.
  
  

• ●Young Doctors Prefer Lucrative Cosmetic Fields (The Chosunilbo)
  Skin clinics that promise to make their patients blemish-free, ageless and pearly white are proliferating in Seoul and vicinity amid ever-growing demand.

Sept. 26

• ●4 in 10 Koreans experience overdue wages: survey (The Korea Times)
  About four out of 10 surveyed workers in Korea experienced delay in wage payments, a survey showed, Sunday.
  
  

• ●Kids as Young as 7 Addicted to Smartphones (The Chosunilbo)
  Some 7.3 percent of first graders in elementary school are already so dependent on their smartphones that it is causing conflicts with parents and raising concerns about their posture, eyesight and language development.
  
  

• ●Breadwinners in their 60s or above double in 9 years (The Korea Herald)
  More than one million Koreans aged over 60 are primary household earners, despite their age falling within the typical retirement phase, data showed Tuesday.
  
  

• ●Senior citizens make up 18.4% of population in 2023: data (The Korea Times)
  People aged 65 and older took up 18.4 percent of Korea's population this year, reflecting the rapidly aging demographic of Asia's No. 4 economy, data showed Tuesday.
  
  

• ●Korea to freeze health insurance premiums for 2024 (The Korea Times)
  The health ministry said Tuesday it will freeze state health insurance premiums for next year for the first time in seven years.
  
  

• ●Is S. Korea dangerous for women? (The Korea Herald)
  Experts stress importance of solidarity in building a society that takes crimes against women seriously, instead of focusing only on harsher penalties

Sept. 27

• ●Korea approves emergency use of Moderna's updated vaccine (The Korea Times)
  Korea's health authorities said Tuesday they approved the emergency use of Moderna Inc.'s updated COVID-19 vaccine to target today's most common strain.
  
  

• ●More seniors working but still not earning enough: data (The Korea Herald)
  More elderly Koreans are working after retirement to avoid poverty, but many find their income insufficient, data showed Wednesday.

Sept. 28

• ●[WHY] Why do divorces go up after Chuseok? (Korea JoongAng Daily)
  After spending a three-day national holiday with the family for Chuseok, Korean people get full from all the food and tired from all the moving around--and then many also get divorced.