SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean actress Son Ye-jin has given birth to a son, her management agency said Monday, eight months after marrying actor Hyun Bin. Son delivered the baby Sunday and both of them are in good health, MSteam Entertainment said. The celebrity couple, both aged 40, tied the knot in [...]
SEOUL, May 9 (Korea Bizwire) — More than half of single 20-somethings in South Korea do not want to have babies after marriage due apparently to concerns over high child-rearing costs in the country, a poll showed Monday. According to a survey reported in a monthly economic journal by the state-run Korea Development Institute, 52.4 [...]
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 [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Men who have higher incomes but are busier at work are less likely to have a baby, according to a report from the Korea Institute for Health and Social Affairs. In a report titled ‘Mid-long policy approach toward demographic changes’, released on 28th, the researchers noted that husbands who [...]
CHEONGJU, South Korea, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Quadruplet pregnancies are extremely rare; in fact, the chances are only one in a million. Scientists say only 10 percent of all multiple births are made up of triplets, quadruplets, or more. Defeating all odds, quadruplets – two boys, two girls – were born Wednesday morning in [...]