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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Maroosha Muzaffar

Seoul to spend over £3bn to help residents raise children amid birth rate crisis

File. Seoul is incentivising childbirth as the country grapples with a declining birth rate - (Getty)

The Seoul city government plans to invest 6.7 trillion won (£3.7bn) over the next two years to boost the South Korean capital’s birth rate through housing support and household subsidies.

The initiative comes as Seoul’s birth rate shows signs of recovery, with a 6.6 per cent increase in newborns from April to August compared to the previous year, according to officials cited by Yonhap news agency.

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