S. Korea’s Economic Growth May Fall Below 1 pct if Population Continues to Shrink: Study
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The shrinking population driven by low birthrate and aging will cut South Korea’s economic growth by close to 1 percent each year in the long term, a research paper showed Thursday. Lee Jong-wha, an economics professor at Korea University and chief of the Korean Economic Association, estimated a forecast [...]