SOUTH KOREA RECORDS LOWEST CHILDBIRTH RATE IN OCTOBER ON-YEAR PACE

Highlights –

• South Korea records the lowest childbirth rate in October on-year pace.
• The data was compiled by Statistics Korea.
• The data showed around 21,934 babies were born in October, down by 14.4% from a year earlier.
• In the first ten months, the newborn rate was down by 9.3% from a year earlier.

Statistics Korea reported that South Korea had a maxi....