South Korea’s president says he wants to set up a new ministry to help boost a record-low birth rate, calling it a national emergency.
It’s already the lowest in the world and it plunged another eight percent last year, despite state spending on family-friendly policies.
Experts predict if it doesn’t improve, South Korea’s population will halve by the end of the century.
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