The East Asian country posted 240,000 births last year, according to preliminary estimates, boosting the country's fertility ...

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's gross domestic product (GDP) per person is estimated to have exceeded the US$36,000 mark last year, data showed ...

Large shares in many middle-income countries say following the historically predominant religion is key to "true" national ...

South Korea has experienced its first rise in birthrate in nearly a decade, with 242,334 babies born in 2024, a 3.1% increase ...

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan's population has been falling for 15 years, while South Korea's growth turned negative in 2021. In Italy, the number of births has fallen below 400,000 for the first time ...

In a small cohort of adults in South Korea, the presence of cerebral small vessel disease was associated with color reading ...

South Korea, Hong Kong and other nations have seen their birth rates plummet. China three years ago joined Japan and most of Eastern Europe among other nations whose population is falling.

South Korea, recently designated as a “super-aged” society, faces a two-pronged challenge – bridging the generational gap due to aging, and implementing integrated measures to arrest population ...

Communities across the world begin celebrating Lunar New Year on Jan. 29 — and 2025 marks the Year of the Snake.

China’s population has fallen for the third straight year, pointing to further demographic challenges for the world’s second ...