Korea's population is projected to decline 1% yearly from 2054 due to aging and low birth rates.
Korea has experienced 51 straight months of natural population decline. Births hit a record low in January.
Nose-diving birthrates are making older adults take over spaces previously occupied by children, transforming kindergartens into nursing homes. A 40-year-old kindergarten in Gwangju underwent just such a transformation.
Professional women’s golfers in Korea could soon get paid for giving birth, according to a new childbirth incentive for athletes on the sport’s domestic tour amid a nationwide population decline.
Since a superaged society cannot be avoided, the older generation also must stay young to survive a world packed with members of the Zalpha generation.
The demographic shifts and the structural changes in households demand corresponding changes in residential, tax, welfare and labor fields.
I look forward to seeing a dynamic DNA deeply embedded in Koreans prevent an upcoming population crisis.
Korea’s total fertility rate — the average number of times a woman is expected to give birth in her lifetime — is the lowest in the world for the third straight year according to a new report published Wednesday.
Korea is like a frog in a slowly boiling pot. The new government has formed a task force on demographic challenges.
People living alone now account for one-third of all households as Korea's demographics evolve rapidly.
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