South Korea baby bust as birth rate falls to record low

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South Korea baby bust as birth rate falls to record low


The country has spent billions trying to encourage people to have more children

The growth of South Korea's population this year will be the slowest rate ever recorded, despite efforts to boost it, officials say.

About 360,000 babies will be born, leading to concern over the effect of an ageing population on the economy.

Officials blame rising youth unemployment.

But couples say the rising cost of living, including housing and soaring education prices, means that having a large family is not an option.

Women have additional concerns over weak maternity-leave policies and a stubborn resistance by men to help with the housework, BBC World Service Asia-Pacific editor Celia Hatton says.

It is the first time the number of births in a year has fallen below 400,000.

South Korea has spent about $70bn (£53bn) trying to boost the country's birth rate over the past decade, handing out baby bonuses, improving paternity leave and paying for infertility treatment.

Officials fear that a low birth rate could reduce the number of people in the workforce and drive up welfare costs for the increasing elderly population, undermining the potential for economic growth.

South Korea's death rate in 2016 was estimated to be 5.8 people per 1,000 of the population, or about 295,000.

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I blame fukushima impact on fertility

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Anime will be the end of humanity

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Mongoloids and Whites will die out because of this shit.

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South Korea is a very liberal and individualistic society where both men and women look at each other as mere competitors than actual mates to start a family unit and produce offsprings to ensure the continuation of the society for the future. The same is true for most White western countries and Japan.

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Mongoloids and Whites will die out because of this shit.

Only the strong survive. People with an average dick length of 11cm deserve to go extinct.

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I find it odd that things like unemployment, insecure financial status, maternity leave policies etc are still being used as arguments to why birth rates fall low. In that case 3rd world countries would've have super low birth rates.

It's obvious what this is about, liberalization and feminization of men leads to birth rates shrinking. Traditional values die so people look for ONS rather than relationships. Feminized men can't get women to begin with, and once they do they're probably impotent so they won't be doing much to increase the birth rate.

With that said, South Korea has 50million people in that small area, they've done enough procreating.

[WeißerJunge]

Only the strong survive. People with an average dick length of 11cm deserve to go extinct.

Why?

[Loki]

Only the strong survive. People with an average dick length of 11cm deserve to go extinct.

lol, this has nothing to do with strength.

[Loki]

I find it odd that things like unemployment, insecure financial status, maternity leave policies etc are still being used as arguments to why birth rates fall low. In that case 3rd world countries would've have super low birth rates.

Yeah, I'd have to agree there.