Number of S. Korea's newlywed couples falls below 1 mln for 2nd consecutive year in 2024

SEOUL-- The number of newly married couples in South Korea fell short of 1 million for the second consecutive year in 2024, with nearly half remaining childless, government data showed Friday.There were 952,000 newlyweds here last year, down 2.3 percent from 974,000 couples the previous year, according to the data from the Ministry of Data and Statistics. "Newlyweds" refer to couples who have been married for five years or less.The figure dipped below 1 million in 2023 for the first time since the ministry began compiling such data in 2015.Despite the overall drop, there was a slight increa…READ FULL ARTICLE