Income inequality worsens as poll..

The Korea Times Thursday 8th March, 2012

By Kim Tong-hyung The gulf between society's richest and poorest is wider than ever before, official figures suggest, underlining growing discontent as the parliamentary and presidential elections approach. Income growth among the poorest 10 percent of families was significantly slower than households in other brackets, according to data from...

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