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#12843619

9 October 2025

The Government Retirees Alliance Collective from 2020 to 2024 stages a silent protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 8, 2025. Government retirees in Sri Lanka who leave public service between 2020 and 2024 protest pension disparities, claiming their benefits are unfairly reduced due to lower basic pay during a period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's worst economic crisis in decades. With severe inflation, currency devaluation, and austerity measures, their pension rates are calculated on depressed salary levels. The situation worsens when the 2025 budget increases public sector salaries by 70-80%, leaving this cohort at a significant disadvantage compared to others. These pensioners argue that their retirement benefits do not reflect the current economic adjustments and demand fair compensation.

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#12843620

9 October 2025

The Government Retirees Alliance Collective from 2020 to 2024 stages a silent protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on October 8, 2025. Government retirees in Sri Lanka who leave public service between 2020 and 2024 protest pension disparities, claiming their benefits are unfairly reduced due to lower basic pay during a period marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and the country's worst economic crisis in decades. With severe inflation, currency devaluation, and austerity measures, their pension rates are calculated on depressed salary levels. The situation worsens when the 2025 budget increases public sector salaries by 70-80%, leaving this cohort at a significant disadvantage compared to others. These pensioners argue that their retirement benefits do not reflect the current economic adjustments and demand fair compensation.

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#12102403

28 February 2025

A sign of the German Pension Insurance, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, is at the Branch Baden-Wurttemberg in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, on February 23, 2025.

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#12102404

28 February 2025

A sign of the German Pension Insurance, Deutsche Rentenversicherung, is at the Branch Baden-Wurttemberg in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, on February 23, 2025.

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#12096944

25 February 2025

Deutsche Rentenversicherung Baden-Wurttemberg, branch Freiburg, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, on February 22, 2025. Deutsche Rentenversicherung is a nationwide provider of statutory pension insurance in the Federal Republic of Germany.

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#12096945

25 February 2025

Deutsche Rentenversicherung Baden-Wurttemberg, branch Freiburg, in Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, on February 22, 2025. Deutsche Rentenversicherung is a nationwide provider of statutory pension insurance in the Federal Republic of Germany.

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#12073715

20 February 2025

Members of the Public Pension Reform National Action, a coalition of over 300 civic and labor groups, along with opposition lawmakers, including those from the Democratic Party of Korea, hold a press conference on the steps of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on February 20, 2025, urging the government to implement three key pension reform demands in line with public opinion. They call for a reform direction of ''pay more, receive more'' and urge the state to strengthen its responsibility for the National Pension through increased public funding. They also demand that the pension replacement rate be raised to 50%.

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#12073716

20 February 2025

Members of the Public Pension Reform National Action, a coalition of over 300 civic and labor groups, along with opposition lawmakers, including those from the Democratic Party of Korea, hold a press conference on the steps of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on February 20, 2025, urging the government to implement three key pension reform demands in line with public opinion. They call for a reform direction of ''pay more, receive more'' and urge the state to strengthen its responsibility for the National Pension through increased public funding. They also demand that the pension replacement rate be raised to 50%.

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#12073717

20 February 2025

Members of the Public Pension Reform National Action, a coalition of over 300 civic and labor groups, along with opposition lawmakers, including those from the Democratic Party of Korea, hold a press conference on the steps of the National Assembly in Yeouido, Seoul, South Korea, on February 20, 2025, urging the government to implement three key pension reform demands in line with public opinion. They call for a reform direction of ''pay more, receive more'' and urge the state to strengthen its responsibility for the National Pension through increased public funding. They also demand that the pension replacement rate be raised to 50%.

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#11852480

10 December 2024

In Coburg, Germany, on September 19, 2021, an elderly man and woman share a quiet moment together in an urban square. The woman, seated in a wheelchair, is accompanied by a man who rests his hand gently on her wheelchair, symbolizing care and support.

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#11852592

10 December 2024

An elderly man sits quietly on a bench in a shaded courtyard in Erlangen, Germany, on September 8, 2023, his straw hat shielding him from the soft sunlight.

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#11570192

13 September 2024

In Suqian, China, on September 13, 2024, the ''Measures of The State Council on Gradually Delaying the Statutory Retirement Age'' is released. From January 1, 2030, the minimum period for employees to receive basic pension contributions on a monthly basis gradually increases from 15 years to 20 years, with an annual increase of six months. Employees who reach the statutory retirement age but have not met the minimum period of contribution may, in accordance with regulations, reach the minimum period of contribution by extending the payment of contributions or paying in one lump sum, and receive basic pensions on a monthly basis. (Photo Illustration by Costfoto/NurPhoto)

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#11570193

13 September 2024

In Suqian, China, on September 13, 2024, the ''Measures of The State Council on Gradually Delaying the Statutory Retirement Age'' is released. From January 1, 2030, the minimum period for employees to receive basic pension contributions on a monthly basis gradually increases from 15 years to 20 years, with an annual increase of six months. Employees who reach the statutory retirement age but have not met the minimum period of contribution may, in accordance with regulations, reach the minimum period of contribution by extending the payment of contributions or paying in one lump sum, and receive basic pensions on a monthly basis. (Photo Illustration by Costfoto/NurPhoto)

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#11570194

13 September 2024

In Suqian, China, on September 13, 2024, the ''Measures of The State Council on Gradually Delaying the Statutory Retirement Age'' is released. From January 1, 2030, the minimum period for employees to receive basic pension contributions on a monthly basis gradually increases from 15 years to 20 years, with an annual increase of six months. Employees who reach the statutory retirement age but have not met the minimum period of contribution may, in accordance with regulations, reach the minimum period of contribution by extending the payment of contributions or paying in one lump sum, and receive basic pensions on a monthly basis. (Photo Illustration by Costfoto/NurPhoto)

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#11570195

13 September 2024

In Suqian, China, on September 13, 2024, the ''Measures of The State Council on Gradually Delaying the Statutory Retirement Age'' is released. From January 1, 2030, the minimum period for employees to receive basic pension contributions on a monthly basis gradually increases from 15 years to 20 years, with an annual increase of six months. Employees who reach the statutory retirement age but have not met the minimum period of contribution may, in accordance with regulations, reach the minimum period of contribution by extending the payment of contributions or paying in one lump sum, and receive basic pensions on a monthly basis. (Photo Illustration by Costfoto/NurPhoto)

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#11570196

13 September 2024

In Suqian, China, on September 13, 2024, the ''Measures of The State Council on Gradually Delaying the Statutory Retirement Age'' is released. From January 1, 2030, the minimum period for employees to receive basic pension contributions on a monthly basis gradually increases from 15 years to 20 years, with an annual increase of six months. Employees who reach the statutory retirement age but have not met the minimum period of contribution may, in accordance with regulations, reach the minimum period of contribution by extending the payment of contributions or paying in one lump sum, and receive basic pensions on a monthly basis. (Photo Illustration by Costfoto/NurPhoto)

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