Oct. 18

• ●Aging Seoul rolls out 'playgrounds for seniors' The Korea Herald
  Seoul City will build senior-friendly playgrounds across all 25 districs as part of efforts to prepare for the capital's rapidly aging population, with nearly 1 in 5 citizens aged 65 or older.

Oct. 19

• ●Most people with cerebral palsy improverished, many isolated, study finds The Korea Herald
  More than 1 in 4 people with cerebral palsy are living impoverished, with many more in social or welfare blind spots, a study showed Sunday.
  
  

• ●Don't say 'others have it worse' to someone with depression, Koreans say The Korea Herald
  "There are people who have it worse" is the last thing many South Korean with depression want to hear.
  
  

• ●Women whose husbands do housework, have similar incomes more likely to want children: study The Korea Herald
  Women were more likely to want to get pregnant the higher their share of household income was, and the greater proportion of housework their partners did, according to a study published in the journal of the Korea Institute of Child Care and Education.
  
  

• ●4 out of 10 Koreans support abortion on demand: survey The Korea Herald
  More than 40 percent of men and women in South Korea believe in women's right to get an abortion on demand, a recent survey showed Sunday.

Oct. 21

• ●'Koreans know what it means to be a refugee,' says UNHCR chief in Seoul Korea JoongAng Daily
  UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Filippo Grandi urged Korea to build an "efficient" asylum system by harnessing advanced technology as a nation that has a unique experience of overcoming mass displacement because of the 1950-53 Korean War.