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Podcast: Thoughts on the Market
Episode: South Korea’s ‘Super-Aging’ Challenge
Description: Our Chief Korea and Taiwan Economist discusses the reforms needed to overcome Korea’s urgent demographic crisis.----- Transcript -----Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I’m Kathleen Oh, Morgan Stanley’s Chief Korea and Taiwan Economist. Today I’ll discuss what’s needed to overcome Korea’s aging population crisis.It’s Tuesday, Oct 15th, at 4 PM in Hong Kong. South Korea faces some of the world's most challenging demographics and will officially become a super-aged society next year – that’s more than 20 percent of the popu...