Seongnam Mayor Shin Sang-jin introduced his city's signature matchmaking program to global participants at an international conference in Mexico last week, sharing Korea's efforts to combat its dismally low birthrate.
Married young people annually earn approximately 8 million won ($5,950) more than their unmarried counterparts, according to a report released by Statistics Korea on Tuesday.
The presidential office and conservative People Power Party (PPP) held a meeting on Sunday to discuss legislative proposals intended to boost the country's rock-bottom birthrate.
The number of newborns in Korea hit a new low in February with an on-year decrease of 3.3 percent. The crude birthrate fell to 4.8.
Self-employed workers and freelancers in Seoul will receive parental leave benefits starting next year, a measure that aims to address the city’s staggeringly low birthrate.
One in 10 working-age people in Korea may be a foreigner by 2042 as the population sharply shrinks due to the country's ever-plummeting birth rate.
Policy is drowned out in favor of potshots as the rival parties seek control of parliament.
Korea’s low birth rate seems unlikely to rebound after parents last year had spent 27.1 trillion won ($20.6 billion) to send their kids to private academies despite a drastic decrease in the number of students.
President Yoon Suk Yeol promised more state scholarships, study abroad opportunities, tax benefits and savings programs for young people in a town hall meeting Tuesday.
Cash rewards are great. But what’s more important is to create a work environment friendly toward family life.
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