Some of the reasons for the rise in fertility rate could suggest that it’s a temporary bump.

Despite apologizing for his "inappropriate" suggestion, a district-level official has been expelled from his party.

For more than a year now, South Korea has seen the monthly number of births rise year-on-year — sparking hope among some that ...

Comments about bringing in foreign women to boost births trigger backlash in a country already struggling with record-low ...

The challenge is shared by most successful nations. Ultra-low fertility is a byproduct of rapid development and elevated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Korea saw its largest-ever gain in birth rate over the first five months of 2025, its statistics agency said Wednesday. File ...

On the whole, female graduates in the US (and elsewhere) are both far more likely to marry than non-graduates and have been more likely to have children in wedlock. Thus, for college graduates, in ...

South Korea plans to cut more than 3,700 teaching posts in elementary and secondary schools, even as its birth rate edges up for the first time in years, prompting warnings it could repeat Japan's ...

The respected Our World in Data estimates global population at just 5mn 12,000 years ago, 230mn in the year zero, 1bn in 1800, 3bn in 1960 and 8bn today. As for the future, the UN forecasts a global ...