SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The gender imbalance of newborn children has leveled significantly compared to the past when giving birth to boys was an important aspect of South Korean culture. According to the data from Statistics Korea, there were 104.7 newborn baby boys per 100 newborn baby girls last year, down by 0.4 [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Among South Korea’s newly-wedded couples who have been married for fewer than five years, those with children gave birth to their first baby 16 months after marriage on average. The number of newly-wedded couples with babies amounted to 520,321 in 2020. It took 16.7 months on average for them [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A baby born from undocumented Vietnamese parents has survived after timely medical intervention. The wife of a 25-year-old Vietnamese student of undocumented status gave birth to a son last September at Seoul National University Hospital through a cesarean section. The baby was struggling from respiratory disorders and jaundice and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Asan Medical Center announced that Cho Geon-woo, a 23.5-centimeter-long baby who was four months premature and weighed only 288 grams at the time of birth, had safely left the hospital last week after 153 days of intensive medical treatment. Cho’s parents from Haman, South Gyeongsang Province, had their [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of South Korean women who freeze their eggs for the chance to have a baby of their own later is increasing. Oocyte cryopreservation, more commonly known as egg freezing, is a method of preserving a woman’s fertility so she can try to have children at a later date. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — After Sayuri Fujita gave birth through in-vitro fertilization (IVF) without being married, there is growing dispute over whether it is possible to get pregnant and give birth without being married in South Korea. Sayuri, a Japanese TV personality based in South Korea, recently unveiled that she gave birth to a son [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of private sector employees taking paternity leave exceeded 20,000 for the first time last year, government data showed Wednesday, amid a growing societywide campaign to promote a balance between work and family life. According to the Ministry of Employment and Labor, 22,297 male private sector employees took [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Young parents in South Korea are always talking about what gear they use to raise a child, as various cutting-edge devices that tell the parents when the baby wakes up, when a diaper needs to be changed, and even why babies are crying, are pouring out into the market. [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — A railroad worker who was cleaning a train car after all the passengers had disembarked was horrified after opening the lid of a toilet. A baby, whose umbilical cord remained attached, was left curled up inside the toilet. A 119 rescue team rushed to the scene, but the newborn [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly one out of four single South Koreans don’t want to have babies, even after they marry, due to concerns over child-rearing costs, a survey showed Tuesday. According to a survey by matchmaking agency Duo Info Corp., 37.6 percent of unmarried respondents said they want to have a child [...]