South Korea's health and welfare ministry has awarded civilian service medals to two women for giving birth to 13 children each amid the plummeting birth rate in the country.

Two South Korean women awarded medals for birthing 13 children each amid fertility crisis

A state-backed think tank in South Korea set the cat among the pigeons after suggesting that girls be put in primary schools a year earlier than boys to fix the country's poor birthrate.

How to fix South Korea's birthrate? Thinktank suggests girls be put in schools earlier

Against the backdrop of Christmas songs, 100 South Korean men and women gathered at a hotel near Seoul dressed in their best with name tags hanging on their clothes, hoping to find love.

South Korean city turns to matchmaking to boost low birth rates