The next K-wave: Seniors add a silver lining to South Korea's economy

The next K-wave: Seniors add a silver lining to South Korea's economy

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A week before her 81st birthday, Choi Soon-hwa is the fresh face of a late-blooming business sector in South Korea — the “silver economy” that analysts expect to surge to more than $120 billion in value by 2030 while the country’s fertility rate plummets.