Some of the reasons for the rise in fertility rate could suggest that it’s a temporary bump.

A recent survey found more than 60 percent of respondents expect upward of 30 universities could close within the next decade ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Korea saw its largest-ever gain in birth rate over the first five months of 2025, its statistics agency said Wednesday. File ...

On the 5th, at the Booyoung Group’s New Year’s ceremony held at the Booyoung Taepyeong Building in Jung-gu, Seoul, cries of newborns erupted here and there. These were infants brought by employees of ...

The typical K-drama romance ends in marriage and, sometimes, starting a family. Traditionally, the former has been seen as a prerequisite for the latter. But South Korea’s government wants more people ...

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea has the world’s lowest birth rate, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday, as women in Asia’s fourth-largest economy struggle to achieve a balance ...

The Industrial Bank of Korea (IBK) is also taking steps to overcome the low birthrate crisis and alleviate the financial burden of raising children. Recently, the bank signed a "Child Spring, ...

South Korea registered record birth rate growth during the first five months of the year, a statistics agency official told AFP on Wednesday. The country has one of the world's longest life ...