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Will Singapore’s Baby Push Work as Births Tumble?

Prime Minister Lawrence Wong’s latest family support package is a familiar strategy for Singapore: make parenthood cheaper and easier in the hope that people will have more children. The record shows there are limits to how much that can actually achieve. (Source: Bloomberg)

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[Closing Market] KOSPI Plunges 3.12% to Break the 6,700 Level

The domestic stock market drew a steep downward curve on Aug. 24 as external negative factors, namely the surge in U.S. Treasury yields and the intensification of the tariff war, hit simultaneously.

  • KOSPI stock market plunges 3.12%, breaking 6,700 level
  • External factors: rising U.S. Treasury yields, trade tensions
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