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A review of the achievements in family planning in Korea and Taiwan in 1968 is presented. Korea launched a Mothers Club system reaching into every third village and a national pill program but it fell short of targets and suffered administrative difficulties especially with the budget. Over a 6 month period the number of new pill acceptors was 76078. This falls short of the target of 30000 new acceptors per month but still compares well with pill programs elsewhere in Asia. In Taiwan the government announced a family planning policy. Targets were met for both loops and pills. There has been very little improvement in continuation rates however. There is more local money but costs are going up. After long negotiations with AID arrangements for improved international training are getting underway. A computer has been ordered by which it should be possible to get the findings on action much more quickly. In both Korea and Taiwan more emphasis must be placed on reaching women in their 20s. Some family planning education is needed in the schools. More new mothers must be reached face-to-face. Private doctors who do the IUD insertions need much more education about successful experience elsewhere.