Seoul— South Korea's overall birth rate hit a record low of 0.72 in 2023, and with that figure projected to fall even further in 2024, some Korean businesses have started offering remarkably generous incentives to convince their workers to become parents. "The declining fertility ...
结合全文及文章第一段“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.(韩国的出生率已经是世界上最低的,但它再次下降,这是该国为增加不断下降的人口所做努力遭受的最新挫折)”可知,...
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South Korean City Turns to Matchmaking to Boost Low Birth Rates More Reuters Seongnam Mayor Shin Sang-jin speaks during a mass blind date event in Seongnam, South Korea, November 19, 2023. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji By Soo-hyang Choi SEONGNAM, South Korea (Reuters) - Against the b...
At the same time, Japan and South Korea are also facing the problem of declining birth rates. According to data released by the South Korean Bureau of Statistics on February 28th, the country's number of newborns and total fertility rate both hit new lows last year. According to Yonhap News...
In 2023, the birth rate in South Korea lay at 0.72 births per woman. The country has long been struggling with a declining birth rate, first dropping below one birth per woman in 2018. Total fertility rate in South Korea from 1970 to 2023 ...
SEOUL--South Korea’s dwindling fertility rate dropped to a new low in 2021, as many worry the country’s economic slowdown and overheated housing market have made it too expensive to have kids.
The crude birth rate in South Korea decreased by 0.2 live births per 1,000 inhabitants (-3.92 percent) in 2022 in comparison to the previous year. This marks the lowest rate during the observed period. The crude birth rate refers to the number of live births in a given year, expressed ...
A.South Korea has a stable population. B.The birth rate differs among countries. C.The ideal birth rate is possible to reach. D.South Korea’s birth rate declines seriously. 2. What does the word “ballooning” in paragraph 3 mean?
A FAMILIAR PROBLEM The driving force behind South Korea’s recruiting blitz is heightened alarm over a population in freefall. This has been a pressing social issue since the 2000s as the nation’s fertility rate is among the lowest in the world and has one of the fastest rates of decline...