Korea’s Births Top 250,000 Last Year as Fertility Rate Rebounds

​254,300 babies were born in 2025, up 16,000, or 6.7%, from a year earlier. (Photo: BK DB)​ The number of babies born in South Korea topped 250,000 last year, reaching the highest level in four years. Birth figures, which had declined steadily after falling into the 200,000 range in 2020, rebounded for a second consecutive year, suggesting a possible shift in the country's long-running low-birth…