"젊은 층의 대탈출"… 외신, 韓 대도시 '부산' 향한 끔찍한 경고
Welcome to Press Perspective.
It's Friday February 21st here in Seoul.
I'm Min Sunhee.
It's time for our weekly coverage of the various stories about Korea that made international headlines in recent times.
For this I have Kelly Kasulis Cho with The Washington Post.
Kelly welcome back.
I also have writer Colin Marshall with the pundit's take on the media coverage today.
Colin it's good to have you here.
1) Kelly, a British daily recently published a piece on the demographic decline in South Korea's second largest city, Busan.
Now, Korea's plunging population has been frequently covered by the foreign media.
Have you covered this concerning trend?
2) Colin, concerns have been raised about urban centralization in Seoul being especially severe.
What has been your experience living here?
3) Kelly, amid efforts here to tackle rural decline, what can you tell us about similar campaigns elsewhere to keep rural communities alive and thriving?
4) And Colin, what do you propose to keep some of Korea's smaller communities on the map?
5) Kelly, moving forward, one German media outlet recently applauded Korea's adoption of an AI-based call service for regular checks on senior citizens living alone.
Do tell us more about this service, and your thoughts regarding its potential adoption overseas.
6) Colin, staying with the German media.
According to RND, Capital Seoul stands at number one for solo travelers worldwide.
How do you respond to this ranking?
7) And again Kelly, going back to our earlier discussion about centralization here in the capital city, why do you believe most foreign travelers to Korea do not seek to travel beyond the boundaries of Seoul?
8) Meanwhile Colin, on a more solemn note.
The suicide of a young Korean actress here in Korea has reignited talk about internet culture here in the country.
For those of our viewers who may not have been following this tragic event, do touch upon it for us, and what are your thoughts about Korea's online social interactions?
All right.
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2025-02-21, 17:30 (KST)