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[Nearly 24,000 people were born in South Korea in August, a record high for the same month in seven years] On October 28, the "August Population Trends" data released by South Korea's National Data Office on the 28th showed that the number of births in August this year was 23,703, a year-on-year increase of 13%, setting a new high for the same month since 2019. The cumulative number of births from January to August this year was 193,783, which also set a record for the same period since 2019. The year-on-year increase was 14.5%, setting a record high.
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