INCHEON, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Incheon has introduced a groundbreaking birth policy aimed at addressing the alarming decline in birthrates. In a press release on Monday, Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok acknowledged the national crisis and unveiled the “100 Million+ i Dream” initiative, which pledges 100 million won for every child born in Incheon. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea fell by the most in about three years in September, data showed Wednesday. A total of 18,707 babies were born in September, down 14.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It is the sharpest on-year [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Amid the deepening low fertility crisis and record-low birth rates, there is a growing focus on using public financial resources to support egg freezing for women of childbearing age. This is a desperate measure to reverse the declining birth rate, but it seems necessary to reach a social consensus on [...]
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 [...]