4 in 10 Koreans Feel Lonely; Social Trust Drops as Travel Surges
Creatrip Team
4 months ago
South Korea’s 2025 Social Survey finds about 40% of people say they feel lonely, with rates higher among older adults; an estimated 1.5 million people lack social networks and are lonely. For the first time in this survey series, overall social trust fell to 54.6%, driven by lower trust among people in their 20s and 30s and by recent social incidents. Job insecurity is common—54.3% of workers worry about losing or changing jobs—especially among 40-somethings and those in manual, service, and sales roles. Leisure and travel rebounded strongly after COVID-19: 31.5% traveled abroad in the past year (a record high since stats were reorganized), domestic tourism rose to 70.2%, and attendance at cultural or sports events reached 57.7%. Young people (ages 13–34) increasingly prefer big private companies as ideal employers. (사회적 관계망: social network; 한강: Han River)
