The number of seniors being abused has increased in recent years, with most perpetrators being their own family members, a government report showed Thursday.
According to the annual report by the Ministry of Health and Welfare, there were 4,622 cases of abuse carried out against seniors in 2017, up 8 percent from a year earlier. The findings showed that most of the assaults were committed at home.
(Yonhap)
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