[Journalism Internship] Korea is heading towards extinction “Korea is so screwed. Wow!” And really might be, if birthrates continue to fall. A decrease in births in Korea has set off alarm bells across the peninsula, prompting the government to set various goals for the upcoming year in order to stop... 2024.1.25
![A staff at a post-natal care facility in Seoul holds a newborn baby to her chest on Dec. 26, 2023. President Yoon Suk Yeol proclaimed a nation-wide effort to raise Korea’s ever-falling birthrate in a meeting held on the same day. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11197549.jpg?imageId=11197549&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)