population policy Archives

S. Korea to Ramp Up Policy Efforts to Tackle Low Birth Trends

SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Thursday it will boost policy efforts to tackle the low birth trends that have been aggravated during the COVID-19 pandemic as the country will likely suffer a severe fall in the working-age population in the coming years. The government plans to launch the fourth pan-government task [...]

S. Korea Seeks to Tackle Demographic Cliff amid Low Birthrate, Rapid Aging

SEOUL, Jan. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Wednesday it plans to launch a task force on population policy next month in an effort to preemptively tackle a demographic cliff amid the country’s chronic low birthrate and rapid aging. The third pan-governmental task force will set sail in February to deal with major demographic [...]