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  "id": 3412143,
  "title": "Korea's births rise 6.7 % to 254,300 in 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/koreas-births-rise-6-7-to-254-300-in-2025-3412143",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-26T03:22:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/society/20260826/koreas-births-rise-67-to-254300-in-2025"
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  "summary": "The number of babies born in Korea rose 6.7 percent year-on-year to 254,300 in 2025, data showed Wednesday, while the country's fertility rate edged up to 0.8, signaling a possible turning point in the prolonged demographic decline of Asia's No. 4 economy. According to an annual report by the Ministry of Data and Statistics, the number of births increased by 16,000 from a year earlier. It was the…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "S. Korea's births rise 6.7 pct to 254,300 in 2025",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/s-koreas-births-rise-6-7-pct-to-254-300-in-2025",
        "published": "2026-08-26T03:00:00.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Korea's births rise 6.7 % to 254,300 in 2025",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/26/koreas-births-rise-6-7-to-254-300-in-2025",
        "published": "2026-08-26T03:17:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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