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Tuesday, January 21, 2020

South Korea's shrinking population

In South Korea,  United Nations data shows the average woman has just 1.1 children, creating a demographic crisis which threatens to shrink its rapidly ageing population and economy.

To reverse this worrying trend, the government has rolled out a slew of costly measures to boost gender equality among its 51 million people, including improving parental leave policies and offering fertility treatment to couples and single women.
http://news.trust.org/item/20200119232652-15l96/

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