A newborn baby [PIXABAY] Korea's fertility rate, or the average number of children born per woman, once again hit a record low at 0.70 in the second quarter, down by 0.05 from the same period last year, according to Statistics Korea on Wednesday. The figure is even below last year's annual average of 0.78, which marked the world's lowest, and the same as Korea's lowest-ever quarterly figure of 0.70 in the Oct.-Dec. period last year. In the first quarter this year, the fertility rate came in at 0.

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