LAST year, South Korea surpassed eight million single-person households for the first time. According to data released in December by the Ministry of Data and Statistics, 8.045 million households were made up of just one person, up from 7.166 million in 2021, bringing the share of solo households to 36.1 per cent, the highest level on record.
The proportion has climbed steadily, crossing 30pc in 2019 and 35pc in 2023, with Seoul posting the largest concentration of people living alone. As the country’s single-person households reach record levels, Two Women Living Together arrives as both an
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