South Korea’s birth rate, already the world’s lowest, has dropped yet again in the latest setback to the country’s efforts to boost its declining population. The national statistics body reported Wednesday that the birth rate fell to 0.72 in 2023 — down from 0.78 the previous year. Cou...
South Korea’s birth rate, already the world’s lowest, has dropped yet again in the latest setback to the country’s efforts to boost its declining population. The national statistics body reported Wednesday that the birth rate fell to 0.72 in 2023 — down from 0.78 the previous year. Cou...
In 1998 alone, there were at least 7,625 triplet, quadruplet, and higher-order multiple births in the country. This fell to 6,340 in 2009 and dropped further to 2,653 in 2023. By maternal age, mothers ages 30 to 39 had the largest declines in multiple birth rates (77...
the national maternal mortality rate will decrease to 157/100000, the infant mortality rate will decrease to 4.9 ‰, and the mortality rate of children under 5 years old will decrease to 6.8 ‰, all of which have fallen to historical lows. The health rights and interests of women and ...
However, in both watches and whiskies the country that comes in a close second for reputation is Japan. One of the most interesting Japanese distilleries is that of Karuizawa, which stopped operations in 2000 and finally closed in 2011 making the existing stock highly sought after. So, let’s...