childbirth-May tallyS. Korea extends natural dip in population amid low births in MayBy Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, July 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea continued to report a natural decrease in population in May amid critically low births, data showed Wednesday, reflecting the alarming demographic challenge of Asia's No. 4 economy. Only 18,988 babies were born in May, decreasing 5.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the monthly report from Statistics Korea. It marked the lowest number for any May since the agency started compiling the data in 1981.

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