According to the report by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the number of households returning to the countryside came to an estimated 6,500 in 2011, up 59.8 percent from 4,067 a year earlier.
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2012/01/11 09:21 KST
Number of S. Koreans retiring to farms reaches record high in 2011
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Yonhap) -- The number of South Koreans retiring to farming surged to a new annual high in 2011 thanks to local governments' efforts to attract retiring baby boomers, a report showed Wednesday.
According to the report by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the number of households returning to the countryside came to an estimated 6,500 in 2011, up 59.8 percent from 4,067 a year earlier.
According to the report by the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, the number of households returning to the countryside came to an estimated 6,500 in 2011, up 59.8 percent from 4,067 a year earlier.
