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South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world. In 2018, it fell below the symbolic figure of one baby per woman for the first time, and fell again to just 0.87 last year, well below the 2.1 needed to maintain a stable population. Over the past 12 years, the government has spent the equivalent of €120 billion on measures to encourage people to have more children - in vain. So can anything be done to reverse a trend that is a threat to the country's very existence? Our correspondents report.
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Seoul, Sep 24 (EFE/EPA).- Member of the Defense Forum foundation based in South Korea, took part in a protest near the Chinese embassy against the Chinese government's policy toward North Korean defectors. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN ACTIVISTS PROTEST AGAINST CHINA'S POLICY TOWARD NORTH KOREA DEFECTORS IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Seoul, Jan 27 (EFE/EPA).- Owners of a restaurant in Seoul held a protest Tuesday against government coronavirus restrictions, outside the People Power Party headquarters. Protesters rallied against tightened social distancing rules and called for the government to take realistic steps in allowing the reopening of the entertainment restaurant. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN)SHOT LIST: PROTESTERS DEMANDING THE REOPENING OF BUSINESSES IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
Seoul, Jan 11 (EFE/EPA).- South Korean President Moon Jae-in Monday delivered a New Year's address to the nation, emphasizing his commitment to the cooperation with North Korea on various issues, including dialogues with the United States. (Camera: JEON HEON-KYUN).SHOT LIST: SOUTH KOREAN PEOPLE WATCH A LIVE TELEVISION BROADCASET OF THE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN'S NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS AT THE SEOUL STATION IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA.
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