The number of babies born in South Korea has rebounded for the first time in nine years, welcome news for a country grappling ...

A recent spike in marriages may have had an impact after government measures encouraging young couples to get married and ...

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Nearly 50 schools in South Korea are set to fall victim to the country's low birth rate, the world's lowest. Newsweek reached out to the South Korean embassy in the U.S. with an emailed request for ...

Japan’s most recent fertility data showed a rate of 1.20 births per woman in 2023. One major factor behind Japan’s declining ...

While South Korea’s fertility rate remained the world’s lowest, the increase marked the first year-on-year pickup since 2015.

For the first time in nine years, the number of babies born in South Korea increased in 2024, marking a significant moment in ...

Japan witnessed a record low of 720,988 births in 2024, highlighting an aging and shrinking population. Despite initiatives ...

SEOUL: South Korea's fertility rate rose in 2024 for the first time in nine years, supported by an increase in marriages, preliminary data showed on Wednesday (Feb 26), in a sign that the country's d ...

Many saw the rising fertility rate – the first time since 2015 – as a step in the right direction. Read more at ...

The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline, the ...

Number of women having babies plummets for ninth consecutive year as concerns about rapidly ageing and shrinking population ...