KBS News Survey finds 4 in 10 feel lonely / KBS 2025.11.11.

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It has been revealed that a significant number of our citizens feel lonely on a regular basis.

According to the government’s first survey, 4 out of 10 people reported feeling lonely, and many also expressed feelings of isolation beyond just loneliness.

Reporter Kim Ji-sook has the story.

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This man was a credit delinquent last year.

He had no one to help him.

This is because he has been living alone since losing his family in his teenage years.

[Kim ○○/Single-person household/voice altered: “I was doing well at work, but I ended up in debt because I used my credit card too much… If I had family, this wouldn’t have happened.”]

Do you have anyone to interact with or to help you when times are tough?

We asked over 34,000 people aged 13 and older about their ‘social network’.

5.8% of respondents said they have no such relationships.

If one can manage well alone, it may not be a big problem.

So we also asked if they feel lonely on a regular basis.

The intersection of ‘having no social network’ and ‘feeling lonely’ was found in 3.3% of respondents.

This translates to about 1.5 million people in the entire population experiencing emotional isolation.

[Kim ○○/Single-person household/voice altered: “I feel lonely, especially during holidays. When I’m sick. When I go to the hospital and they say to bring a guardian, I have to say, ‘I have no guardian, I am my own guardian.'”]

We also investigated how often people go out in a week.

Less than a day out, 1.7%.

Almost never going out, 1.0%.

Even among those in their 20s, who should be active, 0.9% reported going out less than a day.

They are presumed to be ‘reclusive’ or in a high-risk group.

This is the result of the government’s first survey on isolation and reclusiveness.

[Kim Ji-eun/Director of Social Statistics Planning at the Ministry of Data and Statistics: “While we measured isolation and reclusiveness separately, many of the reasons for infrequent outings seem to be related to isolation issues.”]

Isolation at 3.3%, reclusiveness at 2.7%.

In any case, about 3 out of every 100 citizens require policy support.

This is KBS News, Kim Ji-sook.

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