South Korea Expects Its Already-World’s-Lowest Fertility Rate to Keep Falling
Low fertility threatens to undermine South Korea’s economic future by shrinking its workforce and slowing consumption. [Sam Kim – Time, 13 December 2023.] READ MORE
South Korea: How to reverse falling birthrate
There are two factors behind Korea’s low birth rate. The first is the changed age and changed structure of society, where the country’s social atmosphere tends to discourage childbirth. Second, [...]
South Korea: the highest capital population concentration of OECD is hurting birth rates
The Bank of Korea has analyzed that the concentration of young people in the Seoul metropolitan area is a key cause of the declining birth rate and undermined growth potential. [The Hankyoreh, 3 [...]
Korean Policies to Reverse the Decline in the Fertility
President Yoon stated “We need to calmly re-evaluate the low birth rate policy and figure out why it failed based on scientific evidence.” [KEI, 22 June 2023.] READ MORE
