Poverty-stricken South Koreans, many of whom are homeless, reach for a bowl of free soup donated by .....
Poverty-stricken South Koreans, many of whom are homeless, reach for a bowl of free soup donated by a citizens group in Seoul December 31. With thousands of South Koreans losing their jobs each week due to the ongoing financial crisis, more and more people are ending up on the streets where they are forced to stand in lines like these for their one meal a day. South Korea has virtually no social programmes to deal with the poor.