Excited young couples roam a bustling convention center trying on baby carriers, testing strollers and learning the latest safety features of car seats. This scene in Seoul in January may seem totally contrary to the usual headlines from
South Korea, of plummeting birth rates and
a looming demographic crisis that also threatens to swallow neighboring
Japan and
China.
But against all odds, South Korea is finally having more babies. The numbers have been slowly ticking up for over a year – a rare bit of good news for a government that has spent billions of dollars for more than a decade
encouraging people to do just that.
Whether it can last, however, is another matter.
