SEOUL, Nov. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A new government study has revealed stark regional differences in factors affecting South Korea’s declining birth rates, with housing costs being the primary concern in the Seoul metropolitan area while job insecurity drives low fertility rates in other regions. The Korea Research Institute for Human Settlements (KRIHS) released these findings [...]
CHEONGJU, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – In a significant move to address declining birth rates and support family planning, South Korea’s Ministry of Health and Welfare announced plans to extend egg freezing subsidies nationwide starting next year, building on a pioneering program launched by North Chungcheong Province. Egg freezing, a fertility preservation method that allows women [...]
BORYEONG, Apr. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – In an effort to increase the city’s birthrate, officials in Boryeong, a coastal municipality in South Chungcheong Province, announced on April 29 that they would subsidize frozen egg fertility treatments for couples trying to conceive. The program will cover the costs of thawing frozen eggs and in vitro fertilization using [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – In the past 30 years, the number of children born to each family in Korea has decreased by half, and the number of people living alone has more than doubled in the past 20 years, according to a recent report. On Sunday, the Ministry of Health and Welfare announced the [...]
SEJONG, Aug. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of newborn babies in South Korea dropped to a six-month low in June, government data showed Wednesday. About 28,900 babies were born in the month, down 12.2 percent, or 4,000, from 32,900 tallied a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It is the second-lowest [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The number of women of childbearing age has declined by nearly 820,000 over the past 10 years, a phenomenon expected to continue as the low birthrate, which has been falling for decades, takes its toll, a parliamentary report said Wednesday. The population of women aged 15-49, the group that [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Song Soo-hyun, 39, recently spent 3.5 million won (US$2,900) to have her eggs frozen at a local fertility center so she could still give birth some day in the future when she finds Mr. Right. “Next year, I hit my forties. I chose to freeze my eggs because I [...]
![[Infographic] As spontaneous abortion is increasing, more moms grieve](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Miscarriage-thumbnail.jpg "[Infographic] As spontaneous abortion is increasing, more moms grieve")
SEOUL, Oct.10 (Korea Bizwire) – Miscarriage is the spontaneous loss of a pregnancy before the 20th week. It is a serious matter not only for the woman but also for her partner and their families. As a growing number of women get pregnant late in life, the rate of miscarriage is also increasing. Therefore, it is important [...]