Bid to avert ‘population crisis’ as birth rate slumps


More babies, please: The number of births in Thailand has dropped by nearly a third since 2013, when they started declining. — Reuters

THE country is scrambling to encourage its people to have more babies to arrest a slumping birth rate, offering parents childcare and fertility centres, while also tapping social media influencers to showcase the joys of family life.

The campaign comes as the number of births has dropped by nearly a third since 2013, when they started declining.

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