The number of people receiving debt adjustments has continued to rise, increasing 56.1 percent over three years, from 121,095 in 2022 to 189,062 last year.
Nearly 100,000 people struggling to repay their debts received debt adjustments in the first half of this year due to persistently high interest rates and living costs, data showed on Monday.
Debt adjustments for 97,199 people were approved in the first six months of the year through programs run by the Credit Counseling & Recovery Service, according to data submitted to People Power Party (PPP) lawmaker Park…