Almost 40,000 ‘lonely deaths’ reported in Japan in 1st half of 2024

Nearly 40,000 elderly individuals in Japan were found dead alone in their homes during the first half of 2024, the country’s National ...

South Korea reports thousands are dying ‘lonely deaths’

The phenomenon of lonely deaths, or “godoksa” in Korean, are cases in which people living alone pass away and their deaths go undiscovered ...