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South Korea's world lowest fertility rate drops again (reuters.com)
17 points by pigtailgirl 1220 days ago
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Mageek 1220 days ago
“As of 2020, South Korea was the only country among the OECD members to have a rate below 1, giving it a shrinking population.”

Being below 2 gives you a shrinking population, because men are half the pop and don’t produce children directly.

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pigtailgirl 1220 days ago
-- I asked some of my friends - why they think it's happening - they all say same thing - 헬조선: http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Joseon --
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Beaver117 1220 days ago
Yeah that's a big part of the cause. What do you think of this phenomenon? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idaenam
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pigtailgirl 1220 days ago
-- it's really a problem - big time - Yoon Suk-yeol got elected on removing 여성가족부 - Ministry of Gender Equality and Family - young korean men are angry - i know so many Ewha University students who are not wearing their school jacket outside anymore out of fear --
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gsatic 1220 days ago
Has North Korea commented about it? Maybe they can help out.
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