social trends

A recognizable shift is underway in how Korea’s MZ generation — millennials and Gen Z, roughly those in their 20s and 30s — approach dating, according to trend analysis circulating …

The number of Korean businesses barring children entirely, so-called “no-kids zones,” has climbed past 420 locations nationwide, continuing to expand nine years after the National Human Rights Commission of Korea …

Korea’s MZ generation, its twenty- and thirty-somethings, is reshaping dating culture around what researchers describe as “efficiency and balance” rather than traditional romantic ideals, a shift trend analysts attribute to …

The number of “no-kids zones,” businesses that bar children from entering regardless of behavior, has climbed past 420 locations across Korea, continuing to spread nationwide despite the National Human Rights …

Social commentators surveying Korea’s 2026 cultural mood have converged on an unusual framing for the year: rather than a theme built around growth, speed or achievement, the dominant thread running …

After years of headlines about Korea’s demographic collapse, the country’s birth numbers have started moving in an unfamiliar direction: up. Following a 2025 total fertility rate of 0.80, itself a …

The traditional Korean household of multiple generations under one roof keeps becoming less and less representative of how the country actually lives. As of 2026, single-person households in Korea have …

For a country that has spent years as the global poster child for demographic decline, the numbers coming out of Korea this spring are turning heads. According to “March Population …

Rotation speed-dating and solo-drinking bars already reshaped how young Koreans meet each other. The newest addition doesn’t look like a dating tool at all: Setlog, a habit-tracking app that pings …

South Korea’s fertility rate rose to 0.99 in January 2026, nudging up against the symbolic threshold of 1.0 for the first time in years. Statistics Korea recorded 26,916 births that …