BORYEONG, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – In an effort to increase the city’s birthrate, officials in Boryeong, a coastal municipality in South Chungcheong Province, announced on April 29 that they would subsidize frozen egg fertility treatments for couples trying to conceive. The program will cover the costs of thawing frozen eggs and in vitro fertilization using [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Faced with a stark decline in birth rates and an aging population exacerbated by an exodus to cities like Seoul, rural towns across South Korea are scrambling to reverse the trend of dwindling populations with a raft of creative policies aimed at luring new residents. The strategies broadly fall into [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – An ironic factor contributing to around 40% of South Korea’s declining birthrate has been identified as younger women experiencing less employment discrimination than in the past, according to a new report. While gender-based disadvantages in hiring have decreased for young women, the probability of career interruption after childbirth has remained [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 12 (Korea Bizwire) – With the world’s lowest birthrate leading to a rapidly shrinking school-age population in South Korea, the government plans to curtail admissions to colleges of education that train new teachers, following earlier moves to scale back the hiring of instructors. The adjustment comes amid concerns over a worsening imbalance between dwindling [...]
SUWON, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Despite declining birth rates in South Korea, the number of medical emergency calls involving accidents with infants and toddlers aged 0 to 6 has been increasing annually, according to data from fire authorities. The Gyeonggi Province Fire and Disaster Headquarters reported that incidents requiring paramedic dispatches for young children in [...]
ANDONG, Apr. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – In a bid to tackle dwindling birth rates, the government of North Gyeongsang Province announced on April 2 that it will implement a “matchmaking package program” aimed at bringing together singles. The initiative will provide opportunities for unmarried men and women to meet through hobby clubs catering to interests like [...]
SEJONG, Mar. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – For working mom Park Soo-jin, 40, from Seoul, each day with her two-year-old is filled with joy. She occasionally entertains the thought of having a sibling for her child but has no immediate plans for a second child, largely due to the daunting prospect of a career gap from maternity leave [...]
YEONGAM, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – Yeongam County in South Jeolla Province is rolling out a comprehensive plan to support children from infancy through to university, offering up to 262 million won per child in phased support. The initiative aims to make Yeongam an ideal place to raise children, with the plan emerging from a review [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The search for solutions to South Korea’s critically low birthrate is increasingly highlighting the pivotal role of fiscal authorities. While the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy serves as the interdepartmental control tower and the Ministry of Health and Welfare is the primary agency, the essence of many [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol called Tuesday for approaching the issue of the country’s surprisingly declining birthrate from a fundamentally different perspective, emphasizing the need to identify its causes and find effective solutions. Yoon made the remark during a Cabinet meeting as South Korea’s fertility rate, already the world’s lowest, [...]