South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol announced Thursday that he would create a new government ministry to tackle the country’s low birth rate, which he called “a national emergency.” The ministry will serve as a specialized “control tower” that will “establish policies that span education, labor and welfare” — one better suited to address a problem that has so far been addressed largely with piecemeal measures. “It will be more than just welfare policy, but a national agenda,” Yoon said at a... Read this story
