[abstract]
In Korea, the national family planning and maternal and child health programmes have been a key element in reproductive health programmes since 1962. As a result of a success in the national family planning programme together with socio-economic development, Korea has experienced a drastic decline in fertility and mortality. However, the low fertility has resulted in an imbalance of sex ratio at birth, an increase in the old population, adolescent's sexuality, and a high prevalence of induced abortion, and STD and HIV/AIDS. In an effort to deal with these new problems, the government adopted a new population policy with emphasis on reproductive health for improving population quality and welfare in 1996. This paper explains the emerging issues, future policy directions and options on reproductive health in Korea.