

"Analysts attribute the trend partly to demographics. The so-called echo boom generation — the children of Korea’s second baby boom, born between 1991 and 1995 — is now entering what experts consider peak marrying age, providing a natural boost to both marriage and birth figures.
“Policy efforts by central and local governments to eliminate marriage-related penalties appear to be influencing young people’s attitudes toward marriage,” a ministry official said."



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