LG HelloVision 'Hello Issue Talk', Discussing Aging Population and Regional Disappearance

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[Asia Economy Reporter Oh Soo-yeon] LG HelloVision announced on the 8th that its regionally focused talk program has embarked on a new one-year project.

is LG HelloVision's flagship regional channel talk program that began in 2018. It was designed to thoroughly explore local issues, big and small, from various perspectives.

The program airs three times a week across seven broadcasting regions: the Seoul metropolitan area, Busan, Gangwon, Daegu·Gyeongbuk, Gyeongnam, Jeolla, and Chungnam. A total of 21 talks are held weekly, and over the past year, the combined local issues covered across all broadcasting regions reached approximately 1,000. Topics ranged from small news such as the achievements of a middle school drone club to crisis measures for local universities, covering political, economic, social, and cultural issues in each episode. The panelists have been diverse, including local government heads, local council members, young farmers, and members of civic groups.

LG HelloVision decided to launch a year-long project this year with set themes to enable deeper and more detailed discussions on . The goal is to realize ‘solution journalism’ by discussing and resolving local issues together with the community and to strengthen the perception of the program as an ‘essential local media outlet.’

The themes for 2023 are ▲ Preparing for the 100-year lifespan ▲ Preventing regional extinction ▲ Overcoming the low birthrate and population extinction crisis. The aim is to raise awareness of the serious ‘low birthrate and aging population’ challenges facing our regions and to focus on issues such as population and regional extinction to seek balanced regional development and countermeasures against population decline.

To diagnose various issues from multiple perspectives, expert groups in different fields have been formed. Experts in balanced development, elderly welfare, returning to farming and rural living, and urban policy will participate to discuss the three themes in depth. The first episode marking the start of the project will air on the 11th, focusing on ‘Health Tips for the 100-Year Life Era ? Stroke, Dementia, and Dental Care’ for viewers aged 50 to 60. It can be watched every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 8:50 PM on regional channel 25 and the HelloTV YouTube channel.

Yoon Kyung-min, head of LG HelloVision’s news department, said, “If we neglect the current societal issues of the ‘population cliff’ and ‘regional extinction,’ not only will our children’s generation suffer serious hardships, but national competitiveness will also be greatly weakened. As a local media outlet, we will do our best to produce public interest programs that seek solutions to revitalize local communities.”

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