South Korea saw its birth rate grow in 2024, Statistics Korea announced Wednesday, marking the country's first increase in nine years. File Photo by Yonhap/EPA-EFE SEOUL, Feb. 26 (UPI) --South Korea's ...

The report attributed South Korea’s sharper increase largely to delayed childbirth. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more ...

SEOUL — South Korea is so worried that women are not having enough babies that a slight increase in the birth rate last year ranks as a major triumph for the nation. South Korea’s birth rate rising ...

South Korea’s fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed on Wednesday, in a sign that the country’s demographic crisis ...

It felt, to some extent, like this search for my birth family was over before it started. Like it was going to be a waste of everyone’s time. Kyeong Mi, the woman who greeted and prepared me for my ...

South Korea’s fertility rate has increased for the first time since 2015, offering a glimmer of hope amid the country’s deepening demographic crisis. Preliminary data from Statistics Korea showed that ...

South Korea has one of the world's longest life expectancies and lowest birth rates, a combination that presents a looming demographic challenge - Copyright AFP Jung ...

Seoul offers $730 for vasectomy and tubal ligation reversals to address its low fertility rate. South Korea has the world's lowest fertility rate.

The number of births in South Korea increased for the second consecutive month in August, offering a small but encouraging sign for the country with the world's lowest birth rate. Last year, the ...

Seoul’s attempt to address the country’s low birth rate through an influx of foreign caregivers is set to wind down, as the ...

SEOUL, Feb. 26 (UPI) --South Korea's birth rate rose in 2024, the country's statistics agency reported on Wednesday, marking ...