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Incheon Mayor Yoo Jeong-bok announces policies aimed at population growth at the city hall in Incheon on Monday. [INCHEON METROPOLITAN CITY]

Incheon to provide 100 million won in subsidies for children born in city

For children between the ages of eight and 18, a monthly cash allowance of 150,000 won will be granted. The upcoming allowance will be given for children born in 2024 when they turn eight in 2032.

2023.12.18

President Yoon Suk Yeol, center, addresses Korea’s low birth rate problem at the first meeting of the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy at the Blue House in central Seoul on Tuesday afternoon. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon government reveals new strategy to raise birth rates

The Yoon Suk Yeol government revealed a "select and concentrate" strategy to tackle Korea's dismally low birth rates as the president presided over a meeting on responding to the fertility problem Tuesday afternoon.

2023.3.28

Finance minister admits shrinking population is bad

According to Statistics Korea Wednesday, the number of newborns in April declined 2.2 percent to 22,830 while the number of death increased 1.7 percent to 25,087. Natural population decline continued for 18 consecutive months.

2021.6.23

Tag: population policy

population policy

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Incheon to provide 100 million won in subsidies for children born in city

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