SEOUL: In a country grappling with the world’s lowest fertility rate of 0.72, the arrival of quintuplets to a couple last week has become national news, generating a flurry of articles.
On Tuesday (Sept 24), the focus shifted to the sum of all government grants that the babies will be receiving - totalling at least 170 million won (US$128,000). Whether this is enough is now being hotly debated online.
