One in seven babies in South Korea was conceived through artificial fertilisation in 2024.
🧪 Lab over bedroom: IVF and other forms of assisted reproduction accounted for 15.1% of all births, up from 8.7% in 2019. Over the same period, total newborns fell from 302,000 to 238,000.
🏥 Clinics running flat out: Demand is increasingly driven by couples over 40, with waiting lists growing longer. Billions in government subsidies are flowing into the sector.
Watch: In the country with the world’s lowest birth rate, starting a family has been pushed further and further back. Medicine is filling the gap left by high living costs, work pressure and late marriages.
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