Vietnam is facing a demographic crisis as birth rates drop below replacement levels. Alex Hoang explores the government's sudden shift from birth limits to incentives like Decree 207/2025, which ...

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Former Crayon Pop member ChoA has been hospitalized after experiencing contractions and sudden bleeding while expecting identical twins, in what doctors are treating as a high‑risk pregnancy. ChoA, ...

Demographer Stuart Gietel-Basten tells The Conversation Weekly podcast why South Korea’s birth rate is climbing, and what that means for the future.

South Korea has recorded its biggest annual birth rate bump in 15 years, official figures showed Wednesday, but still far below the threshold needed to stop its population shrinking.That is well ...

South Korea has seen births rise for two consecutive years, but will the trend hold?

A South Korean politician has faced disciplinary action from his party after suggesting that the country could "import" women from other nations to address its low birth rate and declining population.

By Jihoon Lee SEOUL, Feb 25 (Reuters) - South Korea's birthrate rose for a second straight year in 2025, government data ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world [Bloomberg via Getty Images] A South Korean official who suggested the country ...

A South Korean official who suggested the country "import young women" from "Vietnam or Sri Lanka" to boost its birth-rate has been expelled from his party. Kim Hee-soo, the head of the southern Jindo ...

The UN Security Council sanctions committee on North Korea is to give exemptions for humanitarian aid projects in the impoverished country, diplomatic sources in Seoul said on Feb. 6. The ...