Elderly take the floor in Seoul's 'maturity discos'

SEOUL: As the mercury outside dives to short 10° on a super cold Monday evening, the move floor inside the Kukilgwan Palace is pressed with silver haired Korean couples moving to the rhythms of high-volume disco.

Jun was one of around 200 men and ladies on the floor — all occupied with the same, rather static, knee-swaying move routine, with the odd ease back movement whirl to liven things up. The quiet way of the moving unmistakable difference a conspicuous difference to the decibel level of the music, which gradually wraps the climbing lift as it methodologies the ninth-floor move club.

The armed force veteran is one of thousands of resigned South Koreans hitting the move floors at "Colatecs" — extraordinary discos for the elderly that are thriving the nation over.

South Korea's quickly maturing populace might be a noteworthy cerebral pain for policymakers, yet its individuals are resolved to live it up, moving the years away at clubs where 50-year-olds are dismissed for being "excessively youthful". Colatecs first developed in the late 1990s as move lobbies for young people, where liquor was restricted and the main beverages on offer were soft drinks like Coca Cola.  

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Just 1 minister in Delhi as AAP eyes polls in Punjab & Goa

NEW DELHI: With polls in Punjab and Goa just about two weeks away, Aam Aadmi Party wants to leave nothing to chance. Party convenor and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is campaigning in Goa at present, has asked all Delhi MLAs to make their way to Punjab.

With health minister Satyendar Jain and transport minister Gopal Rai in Goa along with the CM and deputy CM Manish Sisodia and tourism minister Kapil Mishra in Punjab, only environment minister Imran Hussain was left in the city.

Kejriwal, as the party's star campaigner in both Goa and Punjab, is unlikely to be seen in Delhi for more than a couple of days till February 4, the day of the election.

"Work is not suffering in any way. The cabinet went out over the weekend and will be returning on Monday," said party sources.
With corporation elections likely to be in April, one would have expected AAP to start campaigning across wards but over the next few days, MLAs, accompanied by volunteers, would be spending time in Punjab.

Source:-TOI