S. Korea's August domestic migration hits 53-year low amid housing slowdown

NAMPA / Xinhua
2026-09-23
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Xinhua) -- South Korea's August domestic migration hit a 53-year low amid a long-term population decline and a housing market slowdown, statistical ministry data showed Wednesday. The number of those relocating to new homes shrank 4.5 percent from a year earlier to 471,000 in August, marking the lowest for August since 1973, according to the Ministry of Data and Statistics. The population mobility rate, or the number of mov......
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