The country has passed the U.N. threshold of a "super-aged society," with one in five of the population now aged over 65.

South Korea has become a “super-aged” society with one in five people aged 65 or older, official data showed Tuesday, underscoring the country’s deepening demographic crisis.

Last month, amid a series of mounting economic and political crises, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a martial law decree—the first in more than 40 years. Yoon claimed that it was necessary to “eradicate anti-state forces” and “protect constitutional order.”

South Korea is now officially a “super-aged” society, with one in five people 65 or older, according to data released on Tuesday, further worsening the country’s demographic crisis. According to data released by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on 24 December,

KUNSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — Airmen at this air base in western South Korean have a new place to eat with the opening of the new O’Malley Dining Facility, a state-of-the-art, $22 million project that doubles the size and capacity of its predecessor.

South Korea’s main opposition party said Tuesday it will seek to impeach acting leader Han Duck-soo after he missed an opposition-set deadline to approve independent investigations into impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife.

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol again declined to appear for questioning by investigators over his martial law declaration as the embattled leader seeks to first defend himself at an impeachment trial.

Stocks are drifting higher on Wall Street in light trading as U.S. markets reopen following the Christmas holiday.

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