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South Korea Sees Sharp Decline in Blood Donors Amid Aging Population and Low Birthrate

SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is grappling with a shrinking pool of blood donors as demographic challenges and shifting social incentives undercut participation, despite a modest rebound in total donations since the pandemic. According to 2024 data released by the Korean Red Cross and Statistics Korea, the number of individuals who donated blood [...]

Number of Blood Donors Dips 11 pct in Jan.-May

SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of blood donors in South Korea sank nearly 11 percent in the first five months of this year amid a prolonged coronavirus outbreak, data showed Wednesday. About 966,900 people donated blood in the January-May period, down 10.9 percent from some 1.08 million a year earlier, according to [...]