SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Student enrollment in elementary schools nationwide is expected to drop below 400,000 for the first time this year due to the nation’s rock-bottom birth rate, officials forecast Wednesday, citing data from the education and interior ministries. According to the government data compiled as of Dec. 20, 413,056 children are [...]
INCHEON, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – On the first day of 2024, a joyous event took place at the Gachon University Gil Hospital: the birth of a healthy baby girl weighing 3.4 kg. The newborn, affectionately nicknamed ‘Horam’, combines the characters ‘Ho’ from her father Choi Ho-kyu (40) and ‘Ram’ from her mother Kim Bo-ram (36). [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea fell to the lowest point for any October to date, data showed Wednesday. A total of 18,904 babies were born in October, down 8.4 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. The October tally marks the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea extended a natural decrease in population in June as the fertility rate hit yet another record low, data showed Wednesday, reflecting the grim demographic trend. Only 18,615 babies were born in June, down 1.6 percent from a year earlier, according to the monthly report from Statistics Korea. [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea continued to report a natural decrease in population in May amid critically low births, data showed Wednesday, reflecting the alarming demographic challenge of Asia’s No. 4 economy. Only 18,988 babies were born in May, decreasing 5.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the monthly report from [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea hit yet another fresh low in April, data showed Wednesday, further extending the decline in the population of Asia’s fourth-largest economy. Only 18,484 babies were born in April this year, sinking 12.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the monthly [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of infants born to mothers in their 40s has significantly increased compared to a decade ago, data showed Monday, indicating the growing prevalence of older-age childbirth in the present era characterized by low birth rates. According to data received by Rep. Shin Hyun-young of the Democratic Party [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea fell to a fresh low in March, data showed Wednesday, exacerbating the dire population crisis of Asia’s No. 4 economy. Only 21,138 babies were born in March this year, down 8.1 percent from a year earlier, according to the data from [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of babies born in South Korea dropped to yet another record low level in February, data showed Wednesday, further highlighting the population crisis facing Asia’s No. 4 economy. Only 19,939 babies were born in February this year, down 3.7 percent from a year earlier, according to the [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Half of South Koreans viewed marriage as unessential and nearly 60 percent of those in their 10s and 20s said childbirth after marriage is not a must, a government report showed Thursday, illustrating the country’s demographic crisis amid a record-low birthrate. Only 50 percent of South Koreans aged 13 [...]