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Jeremy Lin announces birth of first child
Basketball superstar Jeremy Lin joyfully shared the news of his first child’s birth via Instagram on Friday. The 36-year-old Taiwanese...
Ryan General
Lifestyle
South Korean milestone as married lesbian couple welcomes first child via IVF
Kyu-jin became the first openly gay Korean woman to give birth when the couple welcomed their daughter Rani on Aug.30 ...
Naomi Osaka welcomes baby girl with rapper Cordae
Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka has given birth to a baby girl with her rapper boyfriend Cordae. The announcement: In an interview with Peo...
Michelle De Pacina
News
South Korea triples baby payments in attempt to reverse fertility ‘calamity’
To encourage more births, South Korea is paying every family with a newborn child a monthly allowance of 1 million won (approximately $745)...
Rebecca Moon
Environmental
Video of elephant giving birth in Kenya reserve goes viral
A video of an elephant giving birth in snowy conditions went viral on Monday, garnering over 8.5 million views in a day. The one-minute cl...
Jane Nam
China
Chinese man presents wife steel plaque for giving birth to their daughter but gets birth date wrong
To celebrate the birth of their daughter, a husband in China gifted his wife with a humorous stainless steel plaque. The plaque was made a...
South Korea Saw More Deaths than Births for the First Time Ever in 2020
For the first time ever, South Korea recorded more deaths than births, prompting calls for “fundamental changes” to its policies...
Carl Samson
Asia
Heroic Thai Woman Goes Through 33 Hours of Labor to Give Birth to Stillborn Baby for Science
An expectant mother from Thailand had to endure 33 hours of labor so she could give birth to her stillborn baby for research last month. Si...
China May Start Paying Couples to Have Children
The Chinese government is looking into the possibility of providing financial incentives to encourage couples to have more children as the c...
Bryan Ke
Chinese Men Experience the Pain of Childbirth, Goes Exactly As You Expect
A group of men in Jiaozuo, Henan Province, China tried to experience what it’s like to go through contractions during childbirth by us...
Japan’s Birth Rate is Down for the 37TH YEAR in a Row
Children in Japan have decreased for the 37th consecutive year, undermining the country’s initiatives to handle its aging population. Accord...
Viral Video Shows Woman in China Giving Birth on the Street While Out Shopping
The video of a Chinese woman giving birth to her baby on the street while out grocery shopping is now going viral on the country’s social me...
Baby Born on India’s Jet Airways Flight Gifted Free Plane Tickets for Life
An Indian airline has awarded free airline tickets for life to a baby who was born during a flight from Saudi Arabia to India. The newborn’s...
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Why Pregnant Chinese Women Keep Coming to the U.S. to Give Birth
Despite ongoing crack downs, pregnant Chinese women continue to fly to the U.S. to ensure American citizenship for their babies. For these m...
China Has the Most Imbalanced Gender Ratio in the World For the Second Year in a Row
China has the world’s most imbalanced sex ratio, the World Economic Forum has found. In its Global Gender Gap Report for 2016, the org...
Taiwanese Woman Allegedly Gave Birth on U.S.-Bound Flight To Get Citizenship For Her Baby
A former flight attendant for China Airlines has come forward with new details about the Taiwanese woman who gave birth on a plane en route ...
Riley Schatzle
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