In the worst-case scenario, South Korea’s population could drop to 7.53 million by 2125. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read ...

South Korea's population could plummet to just 7.53mn by 2125 under the worst-case scenario, representing an 85% decline from ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report on Tuesday criticizing South Korea's age-based employment laws and policies, ...

South Korea’s age-based employment laws and policies discriminate against older workers, forcing them to retire from main ...

Births have risen for 10 consecutive months, but the world's lowest fertility rate remains far below replacement levels.

There will be a choice between accepting steep economic decline as the age pyramid rapidly inverts and trying to welcome immigrants on a scale far beyond the numbers that are already destabilizing ...

People in South Korea all became at least one year younger on Wednesday, as the country dropped a traditional method of counting their ages. Under the old system, a person was one year old at birth.

Seoul — A lot of South Koreans suddenly found themselves a year or two younger on Wednesday, as the country formally adopted the system of determining someone's age used broadly around the world ...

Therefore, this time Kurzgesagt simulates what will happen to South Korea if the years go by with the most realistic 'low birth rate'. South Korea's population pyramid in 2060 is as follows.

Newborns will no longer be considered 1 year old in South Korea as the country changes to the international age-counting system.

South Korea’s population could plummet to just 15 percent of its current level by 2125 if the nation’s ongoing demographic ...