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S. Korea’s birth rate inches up

16-May-07
Whether it's the auspicious influence of the year of the Golden Pig, the outcome of Bada's awareness-raising concert, the result of Shin Dong-jin's efforts as head of the birth-boosting campaign, or a combination of all the above, Yonhap announces an increase in the birthrate in 2006. KBS gets all technical about the potential astrological reasons: 2006 was a lucky "ssangchun year," because there were two "ipchuns," or first days of spring that fell within one lunar calendar year. Many couples chose to get married last year in the belief that the "double spring" year was lucky. Some experts attributed the hike in childbirths to the increase in marriages in 2006. However, many of the couples who tied the knot last year ...
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Bada and the birthrate

29-Jul-06
I wish I was in Seoul today. I recently posted about Anna Fifield's article on Korean family planning, and in particular the government's plan to spend $30 billion over the next 5 years to try to boost the birthrate. Here's a story about how some of that $30 billion is going to be spent: a live gig by Bada today at which people with 2 kids will get a nice crisp 10,000 won note. I wish I could be there. Even if I were Korean, I wouldn't qualify for the cash handout, but (not that I'm an expert) I think Bada is one of the best K-pop stars around, and I'd love to hear her live. I'm just stockpiling a few CD ...
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Condoms as a lucky charm

11-Jul-06
The FT's Seoul correspondent, Anna Fifield, had a busy week last week. Head office would have been wanting her to divine what is going on in the brains of the DPRK's leadership - not an easy task, and everyone's got something to say on the subject. Fifield's piece in Saturday's FT was one of the more interesting contributions to the debate last week, made all the more distinctive by devoting the first two paragraphs of her article to my favourite US film of 2004, Team America - World Police. I'm not going to quote from her article because to pick out one article on last week's events out over so many is a bit unrepresentative, and also because I don't want ...
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