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South Korea Sees 18% Surge in Births, Highest in Seven Years

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Seoul, June 24 (IANS) The number of babies born in South Korea shot up 18 per cent in April from a year earlier, reaching the highest level in seven years, government data showed on Wednesday. A total of 24,521 babies were born in April, up from 20,787 a year earlier, according to data from South Korea’s Ministry of Data and Statistics. It marked the highest figure for any April since 26,104 babies were recorded in 2019.Over the January-April period, the total number of births came to 99,534, al…

North Korea Raises Retirement Age for Office Workers to Address Demographic Shifts

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Seoul, May 13 (IANS) North Korea has raised the mandatory retirement age for office workers by three years to reflect the country’s population aging and demographic changes, according to a North Korean academic paper on Wednesday.A revised labor law in 2024 stipulates that the retirement age for office workers eligible for state pension benefits is now 63 for men and 58 for women, according to the paper published in the 2026 first issue of the Journal of the Kim Il Sung University, seen by Yonha…