S. Korean president declares demographic national emergency
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday declared a "demographic national emergency" amid growing concerns about the Asian country's record-low birth rate. Yoon issued the declaration at a meeting of the presidential committee on low birth and aging population, vowing to run a pan-government response system until the low birth issue is overcome, according to the presidential office. The country's total fertility rate, or an average number of children a woman is expected to bear in lifetime, reached a record low...
