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Bang is one of many South Koreans battling loneliness in a country where birth rates are among the world's lowest and almost half the population is 50 or older.

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

If it was all trouble and strife, depression and anxiety, push and pull, cooking and cleaning, loneliness and isolation, you would never stay in this relationship.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026

Co-housing is gaining popularity in the UK, says the UK Cohousing Network - in a post-pandemic world where loneliness, the housing crisis and costly care are forcing a drive for new solutions.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

Booth wrote “Primary Trust” during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the play speaks softly about the difficult subjects of marginalization, loneliness and difference.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

Despite how beautiful everything was—the curving wheat that was more yellow than the week before, the sky that was cloudless today—she felt a stab of loneliness.

From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata




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