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Korea’s Baby Crisis

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Mar 26, 2007
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All across Asia,

in a stunning reversal of history, birth rates are falling at a startling rate

in the most-developed economies. But nowhere on earth is the birth rate falling

faster than in one of the region’s most vibrant economies – South Korea.

South Korea’s birth rate is now the lowest in the world, only 1.08 babies per capita,

far below replacement rat…

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