South Korea is celebrating a rare and fragile uptick in births a sliver of hope for a nation with one of the world’s lowest birth rates. But demographers warn that a short baby bump does little to reverse years of deep population decline driven by high costs, demanding work culture, and changing social values. Background: A Nation Running Out of People South Korea’s total fertility rate the average number of children a woman is expected to have fell to a record low of 0.72 in 2023. The replacement rate needed…
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