Free rides have been a perk enjoyed nationally by those 65 and older for four decades. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SEOUL - 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.
Free rides have been a perk enjoyed nationally by those 65 and older for four decades and are credited with keeping senior citizens active. In addition, it’s left President Yoon Suk-yeol in a quandary. He promised fiscal consolidation upon taking office in May but also counts elderly voters as a key support base.
Planned fare hikes could only be minimised if “there is at least some state assistance”, Mayor Oh Se-hoon told a news conference last week, noting the free ride policy had been imposed on cities by former military dictator Chun Doo-hwan in the early 1980s.
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