South Korea’s fertility rate, already the world’s lowest, dropped to a fresh record low in 2023, defying the billions of dollars spent by the country to try to reverse the trend as the population …
In South Korea, world’s lowest fertility rate plunges again in 2023
South Korea’s fertility rate, already the world’s lowest, dropped to a fresh record low in 2023, defying the billions of dollars spent by the country to try to reverse the trend as the population …
US, South Korea planning major military exercises amid tensions with North Korea
The U.S. and South Korea will launch an 11-day military exercise on the Korean Peninsula beginning next week as tensions continue to rise with North Korea after Pyongyang abandoned reconciliation with …
South Korea’s World’s-Lowest Fertility Rate Drops to New Record, Again
The impact of South Korea’s declining births and aging demographics looms large for its medical system, social welfare provision, and economic growth.
North Korean factories making arms for Russia are ‘operating at full capacity,’ South Korea says
North Korea’s munitions factories are “operating at full capacity” to produce weapons and shells for Russia, according to South Korea’s defense minister, as Moscow’s devastating war in Ukraine grinds …
South Korean and US troops will begin major exercises next week in response to North Korean threats
South Korea, on March 16, 2023. South Korean and U.S. troops will begin their expanded annual military drills next week in response to North Korea’s evolving nuclear threats, the two countries said …
South Korea’s birth rate falls to all-time low
There were 230,000 newborns in South Korea last year, 19,200 fewer than in 2022. (AFP pic) SEOUL: South Korea’s birth rate fell to a record low last year, the government said today, despite having …
Why South Korea’s Japan-style measures to boost its stock market may not work
The FSC program is similar to that of Japan’s whose corporate governance push to boost shareholder returns as well as robust earnings have driven Tokyo markets to all-time highs. South Korea’s …
South Korea’s Yoon says won’t back down over medical reforms as doctors strike
President Yoon Suk Yeol vowed on Tuesday to go ahead with a plan to increase the number of students admitted into medical schools to improve healthcare in South Korea, and said there was no …
Why thousands of junior doctors in South Korea are striking, and what it means for patients
Thousands of junior doctors in South Korea are a week into a labor boycott in protest of the government’s push to recruit more medical students to cope with the country’s fast-aging population …