"나라 믿고 평생 일했습니다" 48년 일하고도 연금 한 푼 못 받는 68세의 현실

He worked for 48 years. From the age of twenty to sixty-eight. In printing shops, factories, construction sites, security offices, and parking lots. He did not take a single day off. Yet, his National Pension is zero won. Mr. Choi Yong-soo joined the National Pension in 1990 while working in a factory. He paid premiums for five years, and then completed two more years by moving from one day laborer to another. His total contribution period was seven years. To receive the National Pension, a minimum of ten years is required. He was three years short. In 2003, he urgently needed money for his son's college tuition. He withdrew a lump-sum refund of 4.8 million won from the National Pension and spent it. "I can just put it back in later." That "later" never came. His entire seven years of contribution vanished. Currently, Mr. Choi Yong-soo's income consists entirely of his monthly Basic Pension of 349,700 won and a Public Works allowance of 270,000 won. National Pension recipients receive an average of 695,000 won per month. Mr. Choi Yong-soo's National Pension is 0 won. It will be 0 won tomorrow, and it will be 0 won until the day he dies. In the first half of 2025 alone, 102,427 people received lump-sum refunds. Of these, 71% were people who had not completed 10 years of contribution. The poverty rate for the elderly aged 66 and older in Korea is 39.8%, ranking first in the OECD. This video is a reconstruction based on actual cases and does not refer to any specific individuals. ▸ If your National Pension contribution period is less than 10 years, please check the refund, retroactive payment, and voluntary continued contribution systems. ▸ National Pension Service Inquiry: 1355 #NationalPension #BasicPension #LumpSumRefund #ElderlyPoverty #ZeroPension #Retirement #BlindSpot #DailyWorker #NonRegularWorker #AgingSociety #SuperAgingSociety #OECD #ElderlyPovertyRate #ShadowOfCare #PublicWork