South Korea’s Marriages Rise for First Time in More Than Decade
- Decline ends as fewer people postpone marriages after pandemic
- South Korea says rise is a positive sign for its fertilty rate
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South Korean marriages ticked up for the first time in more than a decade last year for a rare sign of improvement in a factor behind the nation having the world’s lowest fertility rate.
Some 193,000 couples tied the knot in 2023 in a 1% increase from a year earlier, ending a decline that began in 2012, according to data released Tuesday from the national statistics office. Still, the number remained at about half the level seen a decade ago.