Half of couples in Korea who have been married for one to five years do not have children, and dual-income spouses who do not own a home are especially less likely to have kids
Official testimony has confirmed for the first time that two children kidnapped by Russian forces from occupied Ukrainian territories were forcibly transferred to North Korea.
On Nov. 7, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism honored 69-year-old Choi Sin-gyu, CEO of Choi Creative Lab, who received the Hwagwan Order of Culture Merit.
A string of accidents involving young children at pools inside rental houses and urban kids’ facilities in Korea is prompting calls for clearer safety standards, as many of the venues operate without trained staff supervision.
The employment rate for working mothers in Korea has reached a record high, even as the number of women who leave the work force for marriage or parenting has dropped to its lowest level on record.
Flu infections are surging among children and adolescents across Korea, with the number of patients showing flu-like symptoms doubling in just one week.
The Korean government will begin publicly releasing the identities of suspects in child abduction or luring cases and impose harsher penalties, according to new safety measures unveiled Tuesday.
The National Data Agency’s “Child and Youth Quality of Life 2025” report released shows that the suicide rate for children and adolescents was 3.9 per 100,000 people in 2023 — the highest since records began in 2000.
An elementary school principal in Wonju was sentenced to eight years in prison after being found guilty of sexually abusing students in 2023.
The number of births in Korea rose for the 13th consecutive month in July, according to data released by Statistics Korea on Wednesday. However, this was still the fourth-lowest July figure since the agency began compiling the data in 1981.
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