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South Korea Dispatch: Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers

April 27, 2019April 27, 2019CHOE SANG-HUN and CHANG W. LEEComments Off on South Korea Dispatch: Running Out of Children, a South Korea School Enrolls Illiterate Grandmothers

As the birthrate plummets in South Korea, rural schools are emptying. To fill its classrooms, one school opened its doors to women who have for decades dreamed of learning to read.

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Italy’s Right Links Low Birthrate to Fight Against Abortion and Migration

March 27, 2019JASON HOROWITZComments Off on Italy’s Right Links Low Birthrate to Fight Against Abortion and Migration

Interior minister Matteo Salvini and his hard-right allies are promoting an Italians First agenda, which includes an argument that abortion needs to be limited to increase the number of native Italians.

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‘Replacement Theory,’ a Racist, Sexist Doctrine, Spreads in Far-Right Circles

March 19, 2019March 19, 2019NELLIE BOWLESComments Off on ‘Replacement Theory,’ a Racist, Sexist Doctrine, Spreads in Far-Right Circles

A conspiracy theory predicated on the idea that white women are not having enough children appears to be bubbling up across the globe.

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A Flurry of Ideas to Reverse China’s Declining Birthrate, but Will Beijing Listen?

March 13, 2019STEVEN LEE MYERS and CLAIRE FUComments Off on A Flurry of Ideas to Reverse China’s Declining Birthrate, but Will Beijing Listen?

As China faces a demographic crisis, delegates to its National People’s Congress have pressed for changes in the country’s family planning laws.

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Orban Encourages Mothers in Hungary to Have 4 or More Babies

February 11, 2019PATRICK KINGSLEYComments Off on Orban Encourages Mothers in Hungary to Have 4 or More Babies

Faced with a plummeting population, Hungary’s leader promised a tax exemption to mothers with four or more children. Experts say the plan won’t work.

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Official Apologizes After Blaming Childless People for Japan’s Shrinking Population

February 5, 2019MIKE IVESComments Off on Official Apologizes After Blaming Childless People for Japan’s Shrinking Population

The country’s finance minister, Taro Aso, said he was sorry if anyone found “unpleasant” his remark that it was “problematic that people did not have enough babies.”

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