Feb. 21

• ●Rising 'Caregiving Refugees' Struggle in South Korea's Aging Society The Chosun Daily
  Lee, 34 years old, from Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, watched her father collapse from a cerebral hemorrhage and undergo surgery in 2021.
  
  

• ●Ingegrated Units: Admission a 'Lottery' for Critically Ill The Chosun Daily
  Large hospitals' "nursing and caregiving integrated units" are where most patients prefer to be admitted.

Feb. 22

• ●Two-thirds of Koreans contacted for work after hours: survey The Korea Herald
  Two-thrds of employees in South Korea have received work-related calls or text messages outside office hours over the past year, a recent survey showed.
  
  

• ●Jeonbuk's population strategy goes global The Korea Herald
  Instead of waiting for demographic trends to dictate its future, Jeonbuk State, better known as North Jeolla Province, is taking the initiative.

Feb. 23

• ●Pediatrics posts steepest net clinic decline The Korea Herald
  Amid shrinking interest in pediatrics among young doctors, government figures on Monday showed that far more pediatric clinics closed than opened last year.
  
  

• ●Physical, mental stress outweigh financial burdens on new mothers: survey The Korea Herald
  The biggest challenge for mothers who gave birth within the past year is physical and mental stress rather than economic burdens, a recent survey shows.
  
  

• ●Pediatric Clinics See Highest Closure Rate Nationwide The Chosun Daily
  Last year, 89 pediatric and adolescent medicine clinics nationwide closed, marking the highest closure rate relative to new openings among all medical specialties.

Feb. 24

• ●4050 Caregivers' Depression Rates Four Times Higher The Chosun Daily
  Han, 56 years old, who lives in Gyeonggi Province, has been caring for his father, a critical patient undergoing kidney dialysis for the past five years since 2022, at a nursing hospital.
  
  

• ●South Korea's 100,000 Young Carers Trapped by Caregiving Duties The Chosun Daily
  "When I was staying by my mother's side at the hospital, a friend contacted me. ..."
  
  

• ●Caregiving Costs Exacerbate South Korea's Elderly Poverty The Chosun Daily
  South Korea's high caregiving burden is expected to further exacerbate elderly povery.
  
  

• ●Government to Establish 8 Disability-Friendly Hospitals by 2030 The Chosun Daily
  The government will establish eight 'disability-friendly hospitals' (tentative name) nationwide by 2030, where people with disabilities can access obstetrics-gynecology, health screenings, developmental disability treatment, and other services in one location.