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Korea to spend W38.4tr in 2017 to tackle low birthrate, aged society
South Korea will spend 38.4 trillion won this year on tackling the low birthrate and aging population as such trends can hurt Asia’s fourth-largest economy by reducing its workforce and driving up welfare costs, the health ministry said Friday.
南韓的保健福祉部週五表示，今年將投入38.4兆韓元因應低出生率和人口高齡化趨勢，以免因勞動力減少和福利成本提高而對身為亞洲第4大經濟體的南韓造成不利影響。
The Ministry of Welfare and Health said the budget for 2017, finalized during a meeting of a government evaluation committee, is set to increase 8.8 percent on-year. A large portion of the money will be spent on creating more jobs for young people. A lack of jobs has been cited as one reason why many South Koreans are not getting married, which is hurting birth rates.
該部指出，1個政府評估委員會於會議期間敲定2017年度相關預算，很可能年增8.8%，將撥出其中一大筆經費為年輕人創造更多就業。缺乏工作機會已被列為韓國人目前不結婚的原由之一，而不婚正使出生率降低。
Childbirth in South Korea dropped to a record low last year by reaching 406,300, down 7.3 percent or 32,100 births from a year earlier, according to a report by Statistics Korea. The figure marked the lowest number of newborns since 1970 when the statistics agency started compiling such data.
根據南韓統計廳報告，南韓新生兒人數去年創新低，降至40萬6300，年減7.3%或3萬2100人。此數據係自1970年該廳開始彙編這類資料以來最低。
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