Korea demography reader for week ending March 6, 2010

• Singles make up 20% of all households in South Korea.
• The population of NEETs (for "not in employment, education, or training," a Japanese neologism) reaches 400,000 in South Korea. 
• The Joongang Daily has a feature on how "multicultural children" (usually referring to families where one parent is Korean and the other is not) may be behind other kids in language skills. 
• Suicides among seniors are on the increase.

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