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Korea's births in August rose 13% from a year earlier to 23,703, the highest for that month in seven years, marking the 26th consecutive month of increase, according to government data reported by Yonhap and the Korea Times. The Kyunghyang Shinmun adds that the increase rate was the second-highest ever for August, and the cumulative January-August growth rate was the highest on record. Korean media frame this as a continued rebound in the country's birth numbers, though the reports do not include direct public reactions from blogs or cafés.