Yoon calls for bold measures to address low birth rate

• Published date: 08 March 2023
• Publication title: The Korea Times

President Yoon Suk Yeol called Wednesday for bold measures to address the country's record-low birth rate, his office said.

Yoon issued the order while receiving a briefing on the operation plans of the Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy.

"Please come up with bold and sure measures for the low birth rate so that they can be felt by the people," he said, according to presidential spokesperson Lee Do-woon.

The briefing was given by committee vice chair Kim...