The government has little to show for the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on pro-natal policies over nearly two decades.

In a bold attempt to reverse its alarming population decline, South Jeolla Province in South Korea is rolling out an ...

South Korea’s population decline is following the U.N.’s most negative projections, with major implications for the country’s economic future. The obvious path out of South Korea’s ...

and about 80% of them settled in South Korea. Adding to this, a population movement developed from North to South Korea immediately following the liberation and continued through the civil war. The ...

South Korea's births ticked upward in 2024 for the first time in nine years, according to Seoul earlier this week, but the ...

One in five South Koreans is now aged 65 or older, the government said Tuesday. Newsweek contacted the South Korean embassy in Washington D.C. via email for comment outside of office hours.

China said Friday that its population fell for the third straight year in 2024, falling by almost 1.4 million to 1.408 billion. Elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s population has been falling for 15 years , ...

Starbucks hit 2,000 locations in South Korea as of the end of last year, making the country the coffee chain's third-largest ...

South Korea tackled difficult economic reforms following ... by efforts to address challenges arising from its rapidly aging population, inflexible labor market, continued dominance of the ...