South Korea’s birth rate rises as marriages surge, ending nearly a decade of decline

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: https://sc.mp/subscribe-youtube For more on this story: sc.mp/84glb South Korea's fertility rate rose to 0.75 in 2024, marking the first increase in nine years and potentially signalling an improvement in the nation’s demographic crisis. The rise was supported by an increase in the number of marriages. The new figures came after the government rolled out measures to encourage young people to marry and have children. President Yoon Suk-yeol, who ...