This is a sharp drop from the 70,000 threshold to the 50,000s in just two years.
The place is rapidly depopulating.
Record-low 1st grade enrollment expected amid waning fertility rates - The Korea Herald
South Korea is expecting to see record-low numbers of first graders entering elementary school this year due to knock-on effects from the country's falling birth rate.Choi Jeong-yoon (The Korea Herald)