SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of babies born in South Korea in July hit a record low, dropping below 20,000 for the first time ever. This data comes from the July population trends report released by Statistics Korea on September 27. In July, there were 19,102 live births, marking a 6.7 percent decrease [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday announced a set of measures to cope with the country’s extremely low birthrate and rapid population aging, which could undercut its growth potential and have a wide-ranging effect on its society down the road. The government, among other things, will try to create a stable [...]
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 [...]
WASHINGTON, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea continues to have the lowest birthrate in the world this year amid fast growth of its elderly population, a United Nations report showed Tuesday. The country’s total fertility rate per woman amounted to 1.1 in 2021, unchanged from a year earlier, according to the report from the U.N. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it plans to launch a task force on population policy next month in an effort to preemptively tackle a demographic cliff amid the country’s chronic low birthrate and rapid aging. The third pan-governmental task force will set sail in February to deal with major demographic [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 4 out of every 10 newlywed couples in South Korea had no children last year, data showed Thursday, amid the country’s chronic low birthrate and the trend of late marriages. Of 998,000 first-time and newly married couples — who had been legally married in the five years [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government is competitively introducing a first childbirth celebration benefit in a bid to raise what is one of the lowest birthrates in the world. Starting this year, Geumcheon and Seocho districts will be providing 300,000 won (US$256) in the form of incentives and support for couples [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — In order to overcome the low birthrate, which has become a serious problem, government ministries and agencies have come up with a series of measures. A pilot project will be launched in some parts of the country to provide a government subsidy when expectant mothers purchase eco-friendly agricultural products. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Roughly two-thirds of single South Korean women believe that government policy in place to encourage giving birth to children falls short of influencing decisions on marriage and childbirth. Gayeon Matchmaking Consulting Service conducted a survey of 1,000 single men and women, 65 percent of whom believed that government policy [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Yoon Hwan was on cloud nine last year when his girlfriend said “yes” after he popped the question. He envisioned a happy future full of precious moments with his wife and children. But that euphoria quickly gave way to a heavy heart when his dream was deflated by a [...]