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South Korea has the world's lowest birth rate, but fertility clinics are booming

SOUTH KOREA, JUL 11 – South Korea's birth rate rose to 0.75 in 2024 amid a nearly 50% increase in fertility treatments since 2018, reflecting shifting family planning attitudes and ongoing demographic challenges.

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Growing demand for IVF treatments is stoking some optimism in South Korea's demographic crisis.

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A new technology developed at UiT can almost double the chances of successful fertility treatment. Now the research, and the professor behind it, is attracting attention far beyond the research community.

Last year, one in six babies in Seoul, South Korea, was born with the help of assisted reproduction.

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BBC News broke the news in United Kingdom on Thursday, July 10, 2025.
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