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Newsday: 28/02/2024 07:06 GMT : South Korea says its birth rate has fallen to a record low

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28/02/2024 07:06 GMT : South Korea says its birth rate has fallen to a record low

South Korea says its birth rate has fallen to a record low

BBC World Service - Newsday, South Korea says its birth rate has fallen to a record low

Declining birth rates raise concerns its working age population will halve within decades

Declining birth rates raise concerns South Korea's working age population will halve within decades.

Coming up - we hear from South Koreans reacting to the news that their country's birth rate continues to fall - we ask why aren't they having more children?

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