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Male visitors try baby products at an exposition held in Gyeonggi on Feb. 26.

Why a record number of Korean men are becoming stay-at-home dads

A record number of Korean men are becoming full-time caregivers as family finances, shifting gender roles and new parenting norms reshape home life.

2026.7.8

Childbirths climb to highest level in 7 years in April

Births in Korea jumped 18 percent in April to the highest level for the month in seven years, though the country still posted a natural population decline.

2026.6.24

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Babies are inside the neonatal intensive care unit at CHA University Ilsan Medical Center in Goyang, Gyeonggi. [NEWS1]

Korea's birthrate rises at fastest pace on record in Q1

Korea's birthrate rose at its fastest pace on record in the first quarter of 2026, with the number of babies born jumping nearly 15 percent from a year earlier, government data showed on Wednesday.

2026.5.27

A couple is looking at a pregnancy test stick. [GETTY IMAGE PRO]

Korea's recent birthrate rise: Long-term trend or post-Covid, generational pop?

Korea's birthrate is rising, driven by demographic factors and delayed marriages, but experts caution that deeper issues like housing and job insecurity may hinder long-term sustainability of this trend.

2026.5.6

A pregnant woman attends a public event to celebrate a day for expectant mothers in western Seoul on Oct. 10, 2025. [NEWS1]

Number of high-risk pregnancies grows due to lack of specialists, rising age of expectant mothers

Expectant mothers in Korea, especially in areas outside of Seoul, are increasingly unable to find hospitals to deliver their children, putting both maternal and fetal safety at risk as high-risk pregnancies continue to rise.

2026.5.5

Newborn babies are seen in cradles in a nursery at a hospital in Gyeonggi on April 22. [NEWS1]

Gov't raises child payment age to include 8-year-olds, provides payouts

The government widened the eligibility of child payments by raising the cut-off threshold by one year — up to the age of nine — allowing eight-year-old children to receive 100,000 won ($67) per month, the Ministry of Health and Welfare said Thursday.

2026.4.23

A man and an expecting mother are seen in a photo taken at an event to celebrate day for pregnant in October 2025. [NEWS1]

All expectant mothers in Seoul 35 and up eligible for 500,000 won in medical support

Seoul doubled its budget for support for older pregnant women to ensure that any expecting mothers aged 35 and over can receive a 500,000 won ($340) subsidy upfront. The city had secured 14.3 billion won for this year.

2026.4.15

Travel YouTuber Kwak Joon-bin, left, poses for a photograph with his newborn son and his wife in March in a photo uploaded to his Instagram on March 24. [JOONGANG ILBO]

'Kwaktube' YouTuber apologizes for deleting sponsorship tag on post about postpartum care center

Travel YouTuber Kwak Joon-bin — whose channel, “Kwaktube,” has 2.15 million subscribers — issued an apology on Friday over sponsored benefits he and his wife received at a postpartum care center.

2026.4.10

Nurses take care of newborns at the CHA Ilsan Medical Center in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on Jan. 28. [NEWS1]

Korea's population decline slows to lowest level in four years

Korea’s population decline slowed to its lowest level in four years as births rose in January, raising the possibility of a turning point in the country’s prolonged demographic downturn.

2026.3.26

A nurse cares for babies at CHA Ilsan Medical Center in Goyang, Gyeonggi, on Dec. 26, 2025. [YONHAP]

Women in their early 30s drive Korea's birthrate rebound

Women in their early 30s are driving Korea's recent rebound in birthrates, as the country's fertility rate slowly returned to the 0.8 range last year for the first time in four years.

2026.3.4