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Adopt a friend: South Korean writer's unusual route to family
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» JEONJU (SOUTH KOREA) - South Korean writer Eun Seo-ran was happily single, until a medical emergency made her want family around to help. But she took an unconventional route: legally adopting her best friend.
Presidency sealed off in coup-prone Niger
AFP, Published on 26/07/2023
» NIAMEY: Members of Niger's Presidential Guard on Wednesday sealed off the residence and offices of President Mohamed Bazoum, a source close to Bazoum said, describing the move as a "fit of temper" by the elite troops and that "talks" were underway.
China censors top financial pundit over economy comments
AFP, Published on 27/06/2023
» BEIJING: A prominent Chinese financial journalist who has compared the country's economic problems to the Great Depression has been banned from social media.
'Don't blame women': Japan birth drive sparks online debate
AFP, Published on 28/03/2023
» TOKYO - Japan's government has made tackling its falling birth rate a top priority, but with few women involved in official debate on the issue, some are making themselves heard on social media.
China's birthrate plummets, lowest in decades
AFP, Published on 24/11/2021
» BEIJING: China's birthrate plummeted to a record low last year, highlighting a looming demographic crisis for the world's most populous country, caused by a rapidly ageing workforce and slowing economy.
China allows couples to have three children as birthrate falls
AFP, Published on 31/05/2021
» BEIJING - China will allow couples to have three children after a census showed its population is rapidly ageing, state media said Monday, further unwinding four decades of strict family planning controls in the world's most populous nation.
Taiwan hurtles towards 'super-aged' status as birthrate plummets
AFP, Published on 27/05/2021
» TAIPEI - Wu En-tzu has delivered more than 2,000 babies working as an obstetrician but she has no desire to have children of her own -- an increasingly common position taken by Taiwanese families.
China posts slowest population growth in decades: census data
AFP, Published on 11/05/2021
» BEIJING: China's population has grown at its slowest pace in decades, reaching 1.41 billion, census results showed on Tuesday.
Niger political veterans face off in presidential vote
AFP, Published on 21/02/2021
» NIAMEY - Niger voted Sunday in a presidential run-off between two heavyweights that is set to bring about the first democratic transition of power in the coup-prone country's history.
Russia funds IVF baby boom to battle population slump
AFP, Published on 30/01/2020
» BALASHIKHA (RUSSIA) - For three years, Valeriya Pashko has been trying to get pregnant. Now her last hope is IVF, provided free by Russia's health service as authorities try to avert a new drop in the birthrate.