South Korea's Train Plan to Boost Population. Published Jun 20, 2024 at 4:30 AM EDT Updated Jul 29, 2024 at 10:38 AM EDT. By . Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan.

South Korea has come up with a novel idea to get one of its biggest problems back on track – by launching a high speed train service. The country has the world's lowest birth rate as the average ...