Barely Enough to Keep Body and Soul Together

The minimum cost of living for a four-member household next year has been set at 1.43 million won ($1,200), up 5.6 percent from this year, the S. Korean gov't announced two weeks ago, according to Korea Herald(8.24)...

Almost three weeks earlier Kim So-yeon (Hankyoreh journalist) reported about his experience how he - alone, not a four-member household(!!) - survived with 1,110,919 won ($946.29) for one month:
☞ 30 days on the minimum cost of living (Hankyoreh, 8.02)

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