Seoul’s subsidy programme for egg-freezing gets ‘overwhelming’ response from unmarried women

The number of egg-freezing procedures done on unmarried women has nearly doubled over the last three years, said one South Korean official. PHOTO ILLUSTRATION: UNSPLASH via The Straits Times/ANN

SEOUL: A financial assistance programme which helps to defray the costs of egg-freezing launched by the Seoul Metropolitan Government has received significant amount of interest from unmarried women, said the South Korean authorities on Sunday.

Korean news agency Yonhap reported on Sunday that the Seoul Government began offering subsidies of up to 2 million won (S$2,000) to women who want to freeze their eggs via crypto preservation from Sept 1.