Breaking the trend in South Korea: Birth rate rises as more children are born

South Korea has one of the world's lowest birth rates and is investing billions of dollars to encourage citizens to have more children.

Now there is light at the end of the tunnel as the number of births increased by more than six percent from 2024 to 2025, according to the country's Ministry of Data and Statistics. This is the strongest annual increase since 2010 and marks the second consecutive year the birth rate has risen.

An important reason the trend is reversing is the increasing number of South Koreans getting married, according to government representative Park Hyun-Jeong.

Japan, China, Thailand, and Taiwan, among others, are also struggling with low birth rates.