SEOUL, July 29 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's total population slightly rose for the second straight year thanks to a rapid increase in foreign residents, statistical office data showed Tuesday.

The Ministry of Health has proposed allocating VND650 billion (US$25.5 million) to support women who give birth to two children before they turn 35.

The government will give families Rmb3,600 ($503) a year for each child under the age of three, state news agency Xinhua said on Monday. The subsidy will be applied from January 2025 but families with ...

Health Minister Dao Hong Lan issued a grave warning on World Population Day, saying that Vietnam's Total Fertility Rate (TFR) ...

Korean music, drama, food and beauty products are becoming the new cool for millions of youngsters in the country ...

U.S. birth rate drops below 1.6 in 2024, hitting a record low. Women are waiting longer to have kids or opting out altogether ...

A WOMAN from Xianning city, Hubei province in China, was sentenced to seven days of administrative detention after ...

Americans living in 10 states may have to fork over nearly $30,000 just to give birth, shocking new figures published by ...

South Korea is seeing an unexpected baby boom, with birth rates rising at a record pace during the first five months of the ...

For eleven consecutive months, South Korea, which held the sad record of being the country with the lowest fertility rate in ...

Sree Agarwal, portfolio manager at the Scottish Oriental Smaller Companies Trust, on where the investment opportunities are ...