South Korea's military has shrunk by 20% in six years as male population dropsThe South Korean military faced a troop reduction. The decline is due to a drop in the male population eligible for service. The military s...
10 Aug, 2025, 01.17 PM IST
Japan’s birthrate hits new low: Expert warns only one teenager will be left by THIS year in world's 4th biggest economyJapan faces a severe demographic crisis with a record low birthrate, a shrinking workforce, and rising social security costs. Government me...
27 Feb, 2025, 07.43 PM IST
More countries, including China, are grappling with shrinking and aging populationsCountries grappling with population decline and aging issues offer financial incentives to encourage childbirth. China, Japan, Italy, and S...
17 Jan, 2025, 10.06 AM IST
Will allow only individuals with more than two children to contest local body polls: Andhra CM Chandrababu NaiduAndhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu suggests only those with over two children can become sarpanch, municipal councillors, or mayors to a...
16 Jan, 2025, 11.56 AM IST
Why falling fertility is not a crisisDemographic transition is causing declining birthrates, raising anxiety among policymakers. With notable fertility rate drops in countries ...
29 Nov, 2024, 07.26 AM IST
Japanese lawmaker's bizarre comments on women to tackle country's declining birthrate is viralJapanese lawmaker Naoki Hyakuta is facing severe criticism after he made controversial and bizarre remarks about women in a YouTube program...
13 Nov, 2024, 04.54 PM IST
4B movement: Why young South Korean women are saying NO to men4B movement: Young South Korean women are vowing to boycott men as a feminist 4B movement is sweeping the country. The 4B movement calls fo...
11 Nov, 2024, 08.37 PM IST
From K-pop to sales girls, AI goes mainstream in South KoreaIn South Korea, AI humans have enrolled as students at universities, interned at major companies, and appear regularly on live television d...
25 Sep, 2023, 11.16 AM IST
South Korea to open door for foreign maidsSouth Korea has approved a pilot program to allow 100 foreign domestic workers into the country in an effort to boost birth rates and suppo...
01 Sep, 2023, 12.01 PM IST
Can China reverse its population decline? Just ask SwedenWith 850,000 fewer births than deaths last year, at least according to the country's official report, China joined an expanding set of nati...
13 Feb, 2023, 11.05 AM IST
China allows couples third child amid demographic crisisFrom the 1980s, China strictly limited most couples to one child, a policy enforced with threats of fines or loss of jobs, leading to abuse...
21 Aug, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
Drop in Xinjiang birthrate largest in recent history: ReportThe report from the Australian Strategy Policy Institute, obtained exclusively ahead of publication by The Associated Press, showed the 48....
12 May, 2021, 11.32 AM IST
South Korea unveils $10 bn stimulus to boost jobs, welfareSouth Korea's economic growth, which hit 2.8 percent in both 2015 and 2016, is expected to further slow to 2.6 percent this year, according...
05 Jun, 2017, 01.04 PM IST
South Koreans could be extinct by 2750, birth rate at 1.19 children per womanSouth Korea is facing a demographic problem. In 2013, the country's birth rate plummeted and only 8.6 babies per 1,000 South Koreans were b...
20 Jun, 2015, 01.57 PM IST
Does India really need a separate Railway Budget and Railways Ministry?An honest answer would probably point more towards the egos of railways ministers, but this could lead to another question — why do we have...
03 Mar, 2013, 08.50 AM IST
- Japan's $15 trillion not enough to make it a buy
Global investors have been buying Japanese stocks as major Japanese companies boost investment.
02 Apr, 2010, 01.49 AM IST
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