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韩国将为新生儿提供每月约5200元的补贴

韩国生育率已经达到令人震惊的新低。2021年韩国生育率为平均每名女性0.81人，已为全球最低，而去年更是缩减到0.78人。如果这种趋势继续下去，到本世纪末，韩国的人口数量将剩下不到现在的一半。

This Asian nation will give families $770 a month for one year to have a baby

South Korea’s birth rate has reached alarming new lows. Births shrank to 0.78 per woman last year, from 0.81 in 2021, which already put the country lowest in the world. If that trend cont...

This statistic shows why equitable vaccine rollout is so important

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared covid-19 a pandemic three years ago, on Mar. 11, 2020. The declaration has not lapsed, and though most cases are mild, more than 20 million pe...

What the Great Resignation can tell us about mental health in the US

All of a sudden the US is a nation of quitters. From exhausted healthcare workers to CEOs deciding to spend more time with their families, American workers have been resigning at record r...

COVID-19: how Indian doctors abroad are using technology to help their country

As India is ravaged by a crippling Covid-19 wave, members of the Indian diaspora are struggling to find ways to help. One group among them is especially distressed: doctors.

What do Americans think about immigration?

Immigration may be at the center of the American political debate, but a new Harvard University study shows Americans are missing a crucial piece of information.

California is almost becoming a different country

Protection for undocumented immigrants, tougher gun laws, recreational marijuana: California will welcome 2018 by turning into the US equivalent of a Scandinavian country. Hundreds of new...

Is California turning into a Scandinavian country?

Protection for undocumented immigrants, tougher gun laws, recreational marijuana: California will welcome 2018 by turning into the US equivalent of a Scandinavian country. Hundreds of new...

Made by refugees: household names with a twist

What do Sriracha hot sauce, Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody, Bambi and the Mini Cooper all have in common?

Spain is renaming its streets. From fascist leaders to women

Though Francisco Franco’s totalitarian Spanish regime was toppled nearly 40 years ago, its legacy is still present in the country. Walk through the cities of Spain, and you’re likely to f...

1,700 years ago, the mismanagement of a migrant crisis cost Rome its empire

On Aug. 3, 378, a battle was fought in Adrianople, in what was then Thrace and is now the province of Edirne, in Turkey. It was a battle that Saint Ambrose referred to as “the end of all ...

How can we close the gender gap in unpaid labour?

In their annual letter laying out their philanthropic priorities and philosophies, Bill and Melinda Gates wrote about two superpowers they wish they (and everyone else) had: more energy a...

How can solar-powered remote teacher training help Ghana grow?

When it comes to international education standards, Ghana has little to be proud of. In the latest OECD report (pdf, p. 38), the country rates last in the world in student achievements, a...

Where are men far more self-confident than women? The answer might surprise you

How can we solve the shortage of yellow fever vaccines?