South Korea's Birthrate Rises After Eight-Year Decline, But Challenges Remain
South Korea's birthrate rose to 0.75 in 2024, reversing an eight-year decline to a record low, potentially due to a 14.9 percent increase in marriages; however, this remains far below the 2.1 rate needed to sustain the population, and the country faces a looming demographic crisis.
South Korea's Birthrate Rises After Eight-Year Decline, But Challenges Remain
South Korea's birthrate rose to 0.75 in 2024, reversing an eight-year decline to a record low, potentially due to a 14.9 percent increase in marriages; however, this remains far below the 2.1 rate needed to sustain the population, and the country faces a looming demographic crisis.
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36% Bias Score
South Korea Faces Economic Slowdown Amidst Political Crisis
South Korea's political crisis, marked by the president's arrest and martial law proclamation, coincides with a slowing economy, declining growth projections (1.8% for 2025), and challenges to its export-driven model, particularly in the face of Chinese competition.
South Korea Faces Economic Slowdown Amidst Political Crisis
South Korea's political crisis, marked by the president's arrest and martial law proclamation, coincides with a slowing economy, declining growth projections (1.8% for 2025), and challenges to its export-driven model, particularly in the face of Chinese competition.
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44% Bias Score
Ukraine Launches Ministry to Repatriate Millions of Citizens
The Ukrainian government launched a Ministry of National Unity to bring back the 6 to 10 million citizens currently living abroad due to the war, facing challenges like security concerns, economic instability, and the lack of defined return mechanisms.
Ukraine Launches Ministry to Repatriate Millions of Citizens
The Ukrainian government launched a Ministry of National Unity to bring back the 6 to 10 million citizens currently living abroad due to the war, facing challenges like security concerns, economic instability, and the lack of defined return mechanisms.
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36% Bias Score
South Korea Sees First Rise in Births in Nine Years
South Korea's 2024 birth rate saw an increase of 8,300 to 238,300 babies, the first rise in nine years, with the fertility rate rising to 0.75; experts attribute this partly to post-pandemic marriage increases and a larger 30-year-old population, yet long-term impacts remain uncertain.
South Korea Sees First Rise in Births in Nine Years
South Korea's 2024 birth rate saw an increase of 8,300 to 238,300 babies, the first rise in nine years, with the fertility rate rising to 0.75; experts attribute this partly to post-pandemic marriage increases and a larger 30-year-old population, yet long-term impacts remain uncertain.
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48% Bias Score
South Korea's Super-Aged Society: A Demographic Crisis
South Korea's population aged 65 and older is now 20% of its 51 million people, exceeding the UN's threshold for a "super-aged society", due to a record-low 0.72 fertility rate in 2023, despite over \$200 billion spent on incentives since 2007.
South Korea's Super-Aged Society: A Demographic Crisis
South Korea's population aged 65 and older is now 20% of its 51 million people, exceeding the UN's threshold for a "super-aged society", due to a record-low 0.72 fertility rate in 2023, despite over \$200 billion spent on incentives since 2007.
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44% Bias Score
"Greece Faces Existential Threat from Population Collapse"
"Greece's population is plummeting, with the lowest birth rate in almost a century, causing hundreds of ghost towns and threatening the nation's economic future, as economists warn of a severe strain on the economy as the population ages and shrinks."
"Greece Faces Existential Threat from Population Collapse"
"Greece's population is plummeting, with the lowest birth rate in almost a century, causing hundreds of ghost towns and threatening the nation's economic future, as economists warn of a severe strain on the economy as the population ages and shrinks."
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28% Bias Score