SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea fell to a record low in April amid the chronically low birthrate, while that of deaths hit an all-time high due to rapid aging and the COVID-19 pandemic, data showed Wednesday. A total of 21,124 babies were born in April, down [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first-quarter fertility rate hit a fresh nadir and its population fell for 29 months running in March amid rising deaths, data showed Wednesday, pointing to the country’s gloomy demographic situation and chronically low birthrate. The country’s total fertility rate — the average number of children a woman [...]
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 [...]