Foreword / Young Ki Choi -- Introduction to retirement in Korea / Thomas R. Klassen and Kun-ha Yu -- Demographic change in Korea and East Asia / Ghazy Mujahid -- The welfare state and income security for the elderly in Korea / Jae-jin Yang -- The legal foundations of mandatory retirement in Korea / Yongman Cho -- Korean women and retirement / Yunjeong Yang and Soondool Chung -- Institutionalization of the retirement pension plan and the limited role of corporatism in Korea / MyungJoon Park -- National pension, labour market and retirement in Korea : institutional mismatch and policy alternatives / Hanam Phang -- Changing retirement patterns in Japan / Koichi Hiraoka -- Retiring immigrants : Korean seniors' lives after migration to Canada / Ann H. Kim -- The future of retirement / Masa Higo and Thomas R. Klassen.