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

Jindo county head Kim Hee-soo had suggested "importing young women from Vietnam or Sri Lanka" for young rural men.

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 ...

Jindo County Chief Kim Hee-su has apologised, conceding he had “used the inappropriate word”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The South Jeolla Province has issued a formal apology for its governor’s "inappropriate remarks", acknowledging they have “caused deep pain to Vietnamese people and to women”.

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

A South Korean official, Kim Hee Soo, was expelled from his political party for suggesting the country "import" Vietnamese ...

A provincial government in South Korea has apologised after a mayor suggested importing young women from Southeast Asia to boost the nation’s birth ...

George Orwell was on to it almost 80 years ago — the problem of below-replacement level birth rates. In a short book written for the Britain in Pictures series in 1947, written just as Britain was ...

After years of tense relations, the two nations are finding common ground over their need to adapt to an era of ‘super-aged ...