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South Korea’s age-based employment laws and policies discriminate against older workers, forcing them to retire from main jobs and into low-paid, precarious work.
Marianne Ok Nielsen never wanted children, or a family of her own. She used to tell friends she didn’t feel worthy of that ...
Inside a covert operation to bombard North Korea with pantyhose and nature films. In the summer winds, South Korean activists ...
South Korea’s gender divide has become a flashpoint in its democratic evolution. Amid economic stagnation and rising ...
Births have risen for 10 consecutive months, but the world's lowest fertility rate remains far below replacement levels.
Korean music, drama, food and beauty products are becoming the new cool for millions of youngsters in the country ...
India’s Opposition leaders strongly condemned the jailing of two Catholic nuns on what they called false charges of human ...
Far more families are choosing to have fewer — or no — children. Many countries, including the U.S., now face a rapidly aging population that could begin to shrink.
South Korean Banks, the EU, and the Failure of Microfinance in Cambodia Many of the serious problems with the country’s microfinance sector were present at its inception in the 1990s.
This is an audio transcript of the Rachman Review podcast episode: ‘Our shrinking and ageing world’ ...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s new tariff rates of up to 41% on U.S. imports from dozens of countries have drawn expressions ...