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In South Korea, free subway rides for the elderly become a political headache

South Korea Seoul Park Gyung sun

Seoul, South Korea Reuters Every day, 71-year-old Park Gyung-sun delivers flowers, documents and other packages around Seoul – a job popular among senior citizens who are entitled to ride the city’s subways for free. The work, dubbed “silver delivery” in South Korea, earns Park, a former market stall owner, up to 700,000 won ($US550) a […]