Korea's population may decrease to 27.5 million by 2085, influenced by gender norms and high costs of housing and education, according to an OECD report.
the government must rekindle the stalled labor, regulatory and pension reforms.
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.
To overcome our lethargic birthrate, society must become birth-friendly.
A report from the Korea Development Institute argues that a shortage of jobs at conglomerates is affecting Korea's fertility rate and female employment as employees of smaller firms struggle to access parental welfare programs.
Companies in Seoul will be incentivized to adopt remote working policies and offer benefits for parents. City-run apartment buildings with child care facilities will also appear in the capital by 2028.
The leadership change in the Presidential Committee of Aging Society and Population Policy is seen as a significant overhaul pushed by the president's office to foster a more assertive approach to addressing the ongoing fertility crisis.
Korea’s population trend of natural decline continued in November as deaths surpassed births for the 49th consecutive month, with the number of newborns once again reaching a monthly record low.
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