Fertility rate

Bhutan battles ‘existential’ population crisis with birth drive

Annual births have dropped by more than a quarter over the past decade, compounding the country’s loss of youngsters to migration.

Going big: Why some Singaporeans choose to have 5 or more kids

Gerald Ng (third from left) and Debbie Leung (centre) together with their children, (from left) Kate, Jane, Luke, Rose, and Sophie.

‘Every life is precious’: How miscarriage shaped one mum’s journey to having baby No. 6

(From left) Teacher Clement Chua and freelance writer Kelly Ang, who is expecting yheir sixth child, with their children Tobias, Isabella, Lily Beth, Gabriel and Christabel.

Asian Insider

How much it costs to raise a child in Hong Kong, Taiwan and South Korea

Barbie Ho’s six-year-old son plays at a playground near their home in Mui Wo, Hong Kong.

Price of parenthood: Going rural in Hong Kong for a cheaper, better childhood

Barbie Ho with her husband, Tim Parker, and their son on the tricycle which they use to get around the quaint rural town of Mui Wo, where they now live.

Price of parenthood: South Koreans spend big on enrichment to get kids ahead

Sarah Kim and her husband send their 10-year-old daughter to private education academies after school so she can experience activities from inline skating to sandplay therapy.

Price of parenthood: ‘No choice’ but to do what everyone else is doing in Taiwan’s rat race

Interior designer Sung Hsin-chieh with her son Li Yueh-kai, aged 9.

Parents, stop complaining about your children. Do it for the future of Singapore

Complaining is actually an inevitable, natural manifestation of being a parent.

Japan sees record multiple pregnancies after fertility insurance coverage

Japan’s public insurance system covers embryo transfers up to six times for women who were under 40 when they began fertility treatment and up to three times for those aged 40 to 42.

5,000 S’porean children receive $10k grant and other benefits under scheme to spur large families

The moves are aimed at easing the costs of raising three children or more.

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