The number of babies born in South Korea has rebounded for the first time in nine years, welcome news for a country grappling ...

The number of babies born in Japan fell to a record low of 720,988 in 2024 for a ninth consecutive year of decline, the ...

This year, 49 elementary, middle, and high schools will shutter in the East Asian country, 16 more than last year and more ...

For the first time in nine years, the number of babies born in South Korea increased in 2024, marking a significant moment in ...

Japan witnessed a record low of 720,988 births in 2024, highlighting an aging and shrinking population. Despite initiatives ...

South Korea's birthrate rose slightly last year to 4.7 babies born per 1000 women in 2024, according to statistics shared by ...

A study of South Korea’s birthrates has found onerous taxes decades ago were likely partly responsible for a collapse of the country’s fertility rates. It comes as Britain faces a rising ...

Kim attempted suicide after he was detained in December. Yoon is also undergoing a parallel impeachment trial at South Korea’s constitutional court, where the justices must decide whether to uphold ...

The fertility rate in Saudi Arabia ... In four countries – China, South Korea, Singapore and Ukraine – it is below 1 per cent.