President Yoon Suk-yeol on June 19 declared a “national emergency on population”, rolling out measures to expand cash support for newborn babies and reverse the declining birth rate trend. “The population crisis caused by extremely low birth rates is the foremost and critical issue for South Korea,” Yoon said, adding that the rapid population decline...

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