SEOUL, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Women in charge of both work and child-rearing are struggling with consistent breastfeeding. A joint research team from Chung-Ang University Hospital and Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong conducted a survey of 175 female employees at a local medical institution who had given birth to a child in the [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea inched down in January from a year earlier, data showed Wednesday, highlighting the country’s gloomy demographic situation with the chronically low birthrate. A total of 24,598 babies were born in January, down 1.2 percent from a year earlier and the lowest [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The share of first children among the babies born in recent days turned out to be very high, primarily due to the growing trend of raising only one child. The share of first children among the babies born in the fourth quarter of last year stood at 58.8 percent, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea sank to a record low in October, data showed Wednesday, highlighting the country’s bleak demographic situation with the chronically low birth rate. A total of 20,736 babies were born in the country in October, down 5.2 percent from a year earlier, [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea dropped to a record low in July, data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign that underscores the country’s gloomy demographic situation with the chronically low birth rate. A total of 22,352 babies were born in July, down 2.8 percent from the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea dropped to a record low in June, data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign that underscores the country’s gloomy demographic situation with the chronically low birth rate. A total of 21,526 babies were born in June, down 2.7 percent from the [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea dropped to a new record low in May, data showed Wednesday, in the latest sign that underscores the country’s gloomy demographic situation. A total of 22,052 babies were born in May, down 3.5 percent from the previous year, according to the [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of babies born in South Korea declined to a fresh record low in April, data showed Wednesday, underpinning the country’s gloomy demographic situation with the chronically low birth rate. A total of 22,820 babies were born in April, down 2.2 percent from the previous year, according to [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — As the coronavirus pandemic continues to rage on, the number of both domestic and international child adoptions last year in Korea reached an all-time low. The Ministry of Health and Welfare reported that last year there were 260 domestic adoptions and 232 foreign adoptions, as approved by the court. [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea fell to a record low in February, data showed Wednesday, underscoring the country’s chronically low birth rate. A total of 21,461 babies were born in February, down 5.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the data compiled by Statistics Korea. [...]