For many men in retirement, libraries serve as vital spaces to engage with the world at little to no cost, says a sociology ...

South Korea has experienced its first rise in birthrate in nearly a decade, with 242,334 babies born in 2024, a 3.1% increase ...

The East Asian country posted 240,000 births last year, according to preliminary estimates, boosting the country's fertility ...

The number of babies born in South Korea rose at the fastest rate in 14 years in November, driven partly by an increase in ...

In Asia, Japan has experienced population decline for 15 years, while South Korea’s population began shrinking in 2021. In Italy, births fell below 400,000 for the first time since the 19th century.

(AP Photo/Andy Wong) People visit the Gyeongbok Palace, the main royal palace during the Joseon Dynasty and one of South Korea’s well known landmarks, during Lunar New Year holiday celebrations in ...

Elsewhere in Asia, Japan’s population has been falling for 15 years, while South Korea’s growth turned negative in 2021. In Italy, the number of births has fallen below 400,000 for the first ...

Beijing (AFP) – Tour operators said Thursday that North Korea had reopened a border city to foreign tourists ... People from South Korea, with which Pyongyang remains technically at war ...

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia. The country is home to almost 52 million people and uses the South Korean won as its currency. Its capital city, Seoul, is ...

The suspended president's legal team has denied Yoon masterminded an insurrection, a crime in South Korea punishable by life imprisonment or even, technically, the death penalty. The Seoul Central ...

South Korean television ... UK All-Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea. Most nations listed on the 2025 World Watch List have a mostly Muslim population, with North Korea followed in the ...