South Korea sets world record with fertility rate dropping to new low • FRANCE 24 English

[@ryansjl]

As a Korean, Korean society doesn’t embrace differences. If u r different, then u r wrong. It is cut throat society with so much hatreds to each other.

[@alexrazmislevich7265]

Nirth Korea is not big on differences either. But still north korean men get laid much more than you loosers.

[@santostv.]

Tbh my country doesn’t either but some are apathetic or look sideways despite also having low birth rates 1,5 I think. From my understanding sk work culture, hyper consumerist society like the USA,lack of respect for women in a modern world,high cost of parenthood but unfortunately is a widespread problem in the “west”are your biggest problem from what people say. I

[@michaelrespicio5683]

The way I see it, this is retribution. Korea has a tendency of crapping on anyone and every country they deem beneath them economically, and now this is happening, and has for the past several years. Only now are they starting to wake up and notice, which may be too late. And most foreigners there tend to leave eventually after seeing the "dark side" which doesn't help either. Enjoy whatever time you have left before the ship sinks. Korea's living proof that haste makes waste.

[@MiguelDLewis]

Come to America. You can be yourself here and no one will judge you.🦅🗽🎸✝🍔🍟

[@TechWeLove]

I'm surprised they haven't forced women to join the military yet.

[@chryssesandchaos]

Not to mention, South Korea has a high suicide rate as well. Damn.

[@enibitri3822]

South Korea is the only country that has rehabilitation for screen addiction video games addiction and so on. Plus women work very long hours

[@kamsunleong6648]

A double whammy.

[@CampusMMA]

Not just "high" they're currently number 1 in suicide rate surpassing Japan for several years now

[@alexandru5369]

Yep at this point N. Korea is just playing the long game game. Remember Immigration from there is almost non existent, Birth rate is 1.78 ( not great) but still far higher than S. Korea's, les suicide ( ironic) and the U.S. won't be there too shield S, Korea forever . Also China will always back N. Korea since they, rightfully, don't want millions of N. Korean's fleeing too China if the regime collapses

[@sullathehutt7720]

⏰ 🇰🇵 🤷

[@NerdsBane007]

This is the price they are paying for being a developed country in such a short span of time. Low birth rat, depression and high suicide. This is messed up.

[@susanaaragorn8606]

That is the price of being a USA colony, culturally and mentally

[@xanderp3325]

Yes, they developed into a developed world in one generation. The changes are just too much to accept. Looks like the govt needs to step in even more to have Korean babies. Much more support and more creative. The opposite is no babies. Not much of a choice really.

[@johnpaulmccarthy6112]

⁠@@xanderp3325this is the case for every western country without immigration, it’s just masked with immigration. south Korea has not had anywhere the immigration of western countries. First world countries are not rewarding motherhood. It is nothing to do with anything else. To have more than 3 children you should have the option to be a full time mother. It’s not an option for most women who want to be full time mothers. It’s far easier to get women who already have and want more children to have children than women that complain about life and have no children. Until this is addressed it’s simply extinction for first world countries.

[@EA-dweller]

This is what Henry Kissinger meant when he said being American friends is “Fatal”. They create oligarch families in your countries who completely exploit you like slave for the interest of Americans and Western Europeans. Those so-called “Allies of the west” all have this fertility problem and high level of self-erasing.

[@bsd1158]

No they have this because their youth culture is extremely focused on superficial things like status, online reputation, degree, possessions etc. Young Koreans really don't care about family in general.

[@NerdsBane007]

As a foreigner you feel alone and different as hell in South Korea. Even if you try to assimilate, locals make sure you stay alien.

[@marilynyadira]

That definitely doesnt help. A society that doesnt embrace immigration is bound to collapse.

[@SandraMehmet]

Where u from?

[@nitinprasad3842]

Canada is alo not far

[@Cyberpsych0_]

Especially if your name is Johnny Somali 😂

[@freeeggs3811]

@@Cyberpsych0_lmao

[@HidyoX]

Up to $700 euros for two years?? Cute. So does children stopped incurring cost after they turn 3 years old?

[@adjovie]

Right? 🤔😂

[@CucumberWaterAndBrainMatter]

Love this passive sarcasm 😂😂😂 i mean damnn, aint the truth tho?

[@tardisgradeuniverse383]

Well if that's 17k per kid it gets pretty expensive to subsidize that program. And by 2 years old is usually when parents feel more comfortable with getting a daycare so they can get back to work so it's a fairly good compromise. Wish all countries with low birth rates had these programs.

[@GaryAus]

First of all LOVE the sarcasm 😂 Second, the government need wage slaves, they don't really care about you, as if we didn't know that already. They were hoping that the low IQs short term thinkings will bring more life into wage slavery because of that two years incentive and hope and pray that the chemical reaction of love/loosh/attachment will cause the parents to have no choice but to continue taking care of the kids. Low effort scam :-)

[@blackvikingeire]

​@tardisgradeuniverse383 There is no such thing expensive when it is a matter of survival of the nation. It should be priority number one.

[@robmclaughjr]

Business sets the priority in some countries. They are to blame for low birth rates.

[@ruin1619]

Same issue in the West, not drastic as that yet…

[@VodkaPandas]

That's capitalist oligarchy for you, all for the persue of profits, once it dried out, they moved somewhere else.

[@Jeanssj98]

the ones to blame are mostly the women, average women nowadays think they are entitled to the top % men and ignore the rest

[@lotuspocus2165]

All the Chinese and SE Asians getting super happy praying for the downfall of Korea 😂

[@scottwebb4722]

@@ruin1619 the ritualistic deference to authority is missing in Western culture and is the bedrock of Confucianist culture (China, Japan, Korea, and many other societies with other Sinic derived writing systems). Basically the boss is God.

[@jaymchelsea2839]

I saw online that even the South Korean president doesn't have a child. Seemed very odd to me.

[@danielbenner7583]

Same with Park Geun Hye.

[@lordjim3109]

leading by example, as they say

[@I_love_You_And_Me_1996]

😂😂​@@lordjim3109

[@vega4147]

He married late with his wife when she was not young as well (he was 51, she was 39). His wife said she was pregnant but unfortunately end up with miscarriage.

[@johnreton696]

​@@vega4147 the first lady need to get pregnant first to lead example of being a mother.

[@appletree6741]

996 - if you work that much and still struggle there’s no room for babies

[@OddDudeSays]

that's China

[@juanjorge751]

Technically they quite similar when It comes to work schedule. ​@@OddDudeSays

[@vinsin328]

okay, and what that has to do with South Korea

[@juanjorge751]

@@appletree6741 it's a north east Asia culture in general.

[@scottwebb4722]

@@vinsin328 they both are Confucianist cultures in case you haven't noticed. Same with Japan, all 3 countries have this exact same problem. Both South Korea and Japan's old writing systems, hanja and hiragana, use traditional Chinese characters. With that much cultural influence, Confucianist social mores were also imported.

[@bulthaosen1169]

0.7? Thats literally going extinct

[@D.2601]

Yes by 2100 no more Koreans or Japanese!

[@antinatalistwitch111]

Beautiful smart people

[@IndependentPrettyGirlis]

It's 0.6 now

[@BREAKBALLYT]

​@@IndependentPrettyGirlisgreat improvement 😢

[@resireg]

Unless they accept immigrants

[@Efrain_rojas]

This is an extinction level crisis for Korea.

[@antinatalistwitch111]

Why is it a crisis?

[@d_san1985]

Not just korea, this is a natural pattern that is affecting the whole human species. This pattern was already experimented and studied in the 70s and the outcome is inevitable

[@herbayum76]

If i were in my twenties now i would leave SK as soon as possible...staying means be surrounded by old people...work even more hours to pay higher taxes for care...dont even think about starting a family there

[@SF-pj3gg]

@@herbayum76 I would call this a cultural death spiral it will end up being worse that the black death in Europe.

[@kyungshim6483]

S Korea need not worry about their enemies to the north. They are also suffering from declining population. From destituteness and starvation.

[@IndependentPrettyGirlis]

Also S Korea is looked after by America so N Korea better know it's place and STAY there

[@EA-dweller]

@@IndependentPrettyGirlis drop the pipe woman. America looks after no one, not their own citizens. Get off your high horses and go make some money for the jooz and ramping gen@cides in west Asia.

[@nailil5722]

they are 51 million people in a country of only 100km^2. If anyone has ever been to SK you know how crowded the entire country feels despite the low birth rate. To me this is actually a symptom of overpopulation and subsequently overpriced cost of living. Let the current generation have low birth rate so the next one can have a sustainable standard of living.

[@tindrums]

Only Seoul

[@nailil5722]

@@tindrums not really, there is nothing in Europe that compares to the density of the west coast in SK. Sprawling cities of 300k inhabitants like they are towns.

[@barondino4628]

Aging population means contracting economy and more taxes to pay for elderly welfare. This is in the short run. In the long run it means extinction. Considering the TFR of 0,7 south koreans will be extinct in 4 generations, or 120 years.

[@RitzCookie]

there won't be another high birth rate again, there will be not enough resources to maintain such a large senior population

[@herbayum76]

Inform yourself about this issue..your remark shows you have no clue about this issue

[@alexandru5369]

It's not even the high cost of living but how insane house prices are in S. Korea. It literally would take a person 20 years too save for a downcpayment on a house than it would as compared too even Canada that is among the highest in the OECD countries at 9 years

[@RedDragon-yq7ro]

Very materialistic too , people go crazy over western brand in SK.

[@FiorellaArias-im1nm]

I find it funny that the solution capitalism brings to fertility rate decrease is "Advertising for family life" 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@elbertmoreno2159]

If you throw money at the problem maybe it will fix itself.

[@freeeggs3811]

@@elbertmoreno2159it probably will

[@bhson95]

just excuses for tax spending

[@mooripo]

Aka propaganda

[@Cauldron6]

This is what happens when capitalism and misogyny run rampant.

[@Nobody90019]

Wrong. That's literally the opposite.

[@Cauldron6]

@@Nobody90019 care to explain?

[@sartajaziz5930]

​​@@Cauldron6 This is what happens when religion and culture are replaced by feminism and individualism. South Korea will not exist in 100 years. You can thank big corporations, media and Korean women for that.

[@lotuspocus2165]

@@Cauldron6 what country are you from? 😂

[@Chata-x2i]

Afghanistan has a great birth rate. I’m sure they must be all about equality!

[@chilpeeps]

I wish india follow south Korea footsteps so much population

[@katarinaljulj7793]

they are

[@DrYeol]

India is also dropping if you compare past to now. They'll get there eventually.

[@divyanshuchipa9677]

1.9 fertility rate mean the extention is started

[@chilpeeps]

@@divyanshuchipa9677 its going to take many years

[@divyanshuchipa9677]

@chilpeeps ya I can say around in 2090 maybe ,

[@AlCothyra]

S.Korea is a small country, it's very mountainous, but the population is over 50 millions. I'd say it's a perfect time to stop population growth.

[@klb9672]

Not if you get be become a nanny stae full of old people

[@rmay4116]

So.. No more K-pop or K-drama in the future

[@divyanshuchipa9677]

Yeah good na

[@AJ-S]

@@divyanshuchipa9677 both are better than anything from india

[@maskassmario321]

Oh no... So you're telling me there won't be plastic underage asian girls dancing on afro-american music anymore?

[@mappykimseokjin1110]

Andwaeeeeeeee

[@edwardemo1952]

Only waiting the news "Zero Birth" at some points for South Korea 😢

[@qwerty9889]

After 70 year

[@IndependentPrettyGirlis]

Exactly 😅

[@JavaSmith-p8y]

😂😂😂

[@bihapi]

Dont worry bro filipino, indian and other south east asian filling the population in korea, sooner they should allow us to bring our family and breed there

[@noseboop4354]

@@bihapi Don't worry, those countries will soon suffer the same problem as global corporations keep getting bigger and brainwash you into prioritizing your career above your family.

[@batprime1177]

North Korea’s birth rate isn’t high either

[@Paul-d2y8s]

I think their starvation rate is very high. Sadly.

[@dirremoire]

​@@Paul-d2y8sFertility rate falling, but t's not starving, not anymore. The US stupidly pushed Russia and DPRK together so now DPRK's era of food insecurity is over. If the Kim's just eased a bit, we'd have a new Asian tiger.

[@morbid747]

1.8 vs 0.6. That's a huge difference.

[@SuperAykt]

the government should give almost a free house for 2 or more births. This is the only solution.

[@freeeggs3811]

Yes

[@Janasenapk82]

They don't have time to make 2,3 babys😅😅

[@bsd1158]

Hospital bills and any food or diapers etc should also be completely free. But they'll never do it.

[@ninjustumaster5101]

No, that will crash the economy

[@freeeggs3811]

@@ninjustumaster5101 not having young people will also crash the economy

[@abhilashd6360]

As an avid kdrama fan, I couldn't believe the low birth rate. After all the rom coms that they produce, I thought people would be in some sort of relationship. Guess, reality is different

[@khs_fan]

imagine in 30 years you wont be able to enjoy kdrama anymore..omg so dystopian!

[@PChan-yt4uf]

That's part of the reason why they don't get married or have children. Cos they found out that real life is far removed from fantasy land. They prefer to swoon over cheesy love dramas and act possessive over the actors than actually find a real partner of their own.

[@A1stardan]

Yeah, they do set very high and unnatural expectations about love

[@MawangHujan-fl2zn]

One of the richest countries not only in Asia but in the entire world doesn't want to get married and have children because it is expensive. While Southeast Asia that get low salary keep getting married and having children. So it is not useful to have high salary? 🤣

[@XXX-ht2sp]

is not thailand

[@vassanab4243]

Not all Southeast Asia, for example Thailand also have low birth rate (1.3)

[@enhancedutility266]

​@@vassanab4243 It's still beats South Korea's fertility rate

[@harris.sensorsoffline6419]

Yes, it's called corporate greed. A principle of Capitalism and it's better to stay away from it. Those in SouthEast Asia are doing good.

[@longyu9336]

Indeed sometimes money is not everything. They are rich but unhappy whereas you guys seem to be poorer but happier which imo is preferable.

[@23zchris]

SK is a rich but unhappy society. But low birthrate is good for the environment.

[@greedyreader15]

Correction, developed country but rich not even closely, a strict 5 to 10 percent owns all the money across sectors. Which explains why the koreans are hard workers but rarely rich

[@resireg]

​@@greedyreader15probably they don't drive nice cars, or have vacation homes

[@DarylSolis]

If you're Korean, you're last name is Kim, Park or Lee and that's it 😂

[@MiguelDLewis]

Moon 😂

[@parcomolo256]

They can't have more people, as they have run out of names.

[@Iiiiiiilllliiii]

Son

[@shreyashisamanta2653]

Jeon,Shin,Min,Jung

[@Macky1101]

It's the same everywhere. Cost of living in Canada is so high only rich people can afford kids. Birth rate in Canada will be 0 ten years from now. No immigrants can afford to come here neither.

[@resireg]

Too many Canadian have an alcohol problem. You can't raise kids if your priority is getting drunk

[@harris.sensorsoffline6419]

How does poor nations like India & Africa make babies. Haven't you in 1st World got to ungrateful and busy with corporate greed that you forgot nature.

[@cjgparas3]

When you enable a mechanism to easily get out responsibility. Like premarital sex, divorce, easy contraception and abortion. PEOople usually go with the easiest route, by running awaY from responsibility.

[@abhisheksing8379]

I want the entire world to have the fertility rate equal to that of South Korea. ​​​Our intellectual advantage has made us immensely powerful. However, we are highly corruptible and selfish. We are destroying ecosystems and natural habitats of other animals at an alarming rate. We exploit other animals and even our own kind for our petty, selfish motives.

[@joyanimation5579]

As someone who is living from developing country I second this.

[@ILIVEAGOODLIFE]

Don't worry. Souls aren't incarnation here. Earth will be fine

[@erikt1713]

I'm glad India and the Middle East have come off their previously high birth rates but 0.7 on a global scale would lead to the collapse of civilization. We have to reduce our numbers but not to such an extreme.

[@paodbdauw]

I would rather 0 birth rate

[@frenzybuzz3703]

Ahh! An intellectual Indian... God bless you brother!

[@ManishKumar-tz5we]

But still south korea economy will run because they have dancing doll😂😂😂😂😂

[@markus-ks9sf]

K-pop will save the great kingdom of Korea suminida!

[@Massacreverde]

0.6? Its over for south korea

[@TedoR2011]

Keep it up SK

[@SK-sc1rb]

Yay

[@randomtraveller8116]

Who would have thought overworking, overstudying and gender inequality would lead to a depressed society.

[@amilesangweni3823]

The west is on the same rout

[@DJKidlat]

The West embraces diversity and immigration. South Korea does not. It’s a very racist society that prides itself on “one Korean blood.”

[@resireg]

The West receives immigrants

[@alexandermilbank8833]

Not discussed in this video is the high rate of abortion of female foetuses in the 80's and early 90's. Families preferred boys and as a result the boy to girl ratio in the country exploded. This led to fewer women for men to marry, leading to fewer births and so on. This is the culmination of those effects after 40 years.

[@dafafaaf7679]

Women kill women? 😂

[@sjplus36]

You're confusing South Korea with China. Until quite recently, 2021, all abortion in Korea was illegal, since 1954. There is no male to female ratio imbalance in Korea, just other challenges.

[@LittleSparklingStars]

Bro that is china wtf

[@CoreTradingMastery]

Wrong country

[@DISCAPLINE-si9vf]

Yeah have more babies so they can die fighting their northern cousins ,thats crazy

[@Actor_bad24IK]

They better shake the bed...we need more samsungs

[@stopplaying6875]

Samsung is a Japan owned not South Korea

[@IK_MK]

​@@stopplaying6875 I bet you also think you could survive on the surface of the sun if you went at nighttime😂🤦‍♂️

[@FlashRetired]

Nah Apple better

[@tejave0ojnc]

@@stopplaying6875 lol.. how stoopeed can you get? So you also believe Samurai is of France???

[@joyid]

I think you applied they all look the same logic ​here @@stopplaying6875

[@askpnn]

Low birth rate is good for environment

[@dafafaaf7679]

👍

[@_Meng_Lan]

No

[@AnshuDevi-z1v]

But too much low birth rate also not good for any country

[@Aratto]

Korea should go 3rd word, that low fertility means people without hope for the future, no GDP is worth that.

[@series1054]

Are we even suprised anymore?

[@Serlin-o1n]

That should be the issue everywhere

[@justmytwocentsdontgetmad]

Even in Korean entertainment industry, idols and actors are not even allowed to date! Let alone get married and have a family

[@Edu-Mau]

Legends say that the SK government opens a bottle of champagne every time a baby is born

[@tabithan2978]

Every neighborhood needs a childcare center, free. And companies must encourage employees to work 40 hours only.

[@Hey_puppets]

Even agrigrain world was better. ...in corporate world 90% are slaves of 10% Hence 10% should be hold responsibility for human existence even after years.

[@scottwebb4722]

seeing as you are probably a commie, go and open Das Kapital please and read the parts about the serf and lord.

[@noseboop4354]

@@scottwebb4722 At least serfs had the free time to make babies. The average serf during the Middle Age only worked an average of 25 hours per week (excluding the very busy harvest season which lasts about three weeks in October).

[@MRPERFECT8491]

One of the most developed countries with most depressing environment for humans .

[@infiniteworfare5089]

as you age, you start to hate humans more.

[@joneseskid2326]

Birth rates are at their lowest since records began, in the UK 🤔

[@Cyberpsych0_]

No one wants to breed in a boring dystopia.

[@frenzybuzz3703]

Let the fertility go down... Smaller families healthy families healthy mothers. childbirth is physically draining and even dangerous on women..

[@TechWeLove]

Women have been giving birth for thousands of years. Giving birth is as safe as it's ever been.

[@Yabyaba]

Disproportional old/young ratio can destroy a society. If the situation goes like this, their society, economy, all programs etc. can collapse within 50 years

[@Kris-ib8sn]

Smaller families make the economic burden of caring for the elderly to great on the family and the government. You just have to look at Japan and China as well. This also slows down and shrinks the economic market. It’s also the daughter in law that often bears the greatest burden caring for elders in Asian cultures as well as working and caring for children all at once. 😢

[@TechWeLove]

@@Kris-ib8sn Well my family has 3 single men and we are the care takers for our parents.

[@scottwebb4722]

i wonder who is going to pay the pensions?

[@deadby15]

Something totally drastic is necessary at this stage prolly... Like, all expenses related to raising a child are to be paid by the government.

[@parcomolo256]

That may delay the fall in birthrate, but the trend will continue. I live in a country with high living standards, short working hours, long vacations, highly subsidized childcare (free for single/low income parents), housing subsidies, paid maternity leave, paid sick-leave, universal healthcare and government funded education. The birthrate isn't as low as in SK, but it is low and falling rapidly.

[@akmalbruhaha4658]

Low birth rate is good for Earth environment - says me and some Johns.

[@xysarenottheprize]

Treating Women better would help but that’ll never happen.

[@codeforce5556]

Just fire the women from thier jobs😅 Afghanistan and Africa don't have these problems

[@Beastclergyman]

We should drop the global fertility rate to 0.0

[@Emptytopfloor]

Yup

[@lolcatjunior]

Indians, Muslims and Africans won't follow this plan.

[@santostv.]

Why??

[@tomceslonce]

@@santostv. sick minds. Having children is the natural thing about humans not having a job. we invented jobs.

[@dhrumildave4221]

​@@santostv. Because we humans have peaked already in whatever tech can be used on Earth, theoretically we all could come together and live for centuries till some natural disaster strikes. But now we wanna go to space and colonise planets, but that only means weird things for the future. Like imagine an alternate future where humans slowly decrease in population and leave Earth's biosphere to die in a natural way.

[@porkyrabbit]

The planet 🌎 is happy

[@marsspacex6065]

The planet isn’t a person and it will be destroyed by the sun eventually.

[@porkyrabbit]

@@marsspacex6065 and?

[@marsspacex6065]

@@porkyrabbit if humans had not evolved everything on this planet would have died out. But we can take it with us when we expand to mars and beyond.

[@porkyrabbit]

@@marsspacex6065 we ain’t leaving this planet. And Mars will be destroyed by the Sun eventually too

[@marsspacex6065]

@@porkyrabbit well you ain’t leaving because no one wants you around them anymore and noticed how I said beyond. Mars isn’t the ultimate destination it’s the direction of travel.

[@kievanfakrizadeh6424]

bring indians or filipinos in😂

[@MiguelDLewis]

Nah, Just Filipinos. Indians can go to Japan.

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

You're definitely an Arab or Afghan or some type of Middle Eastern

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

or pakistani

[@AmitJha-d7l]

Indians will not go to South Korea as it’s bloody depressed. Pakistani can come for Islam 😂😂😂

[@swati2899]

Sk hates both indians and Filipinos. They think we both countries are poor .

[@manisharao2450]

As an Indian I really feel bad for low birth rate in Korea it is like a time bomb

[@lyndaek99]

Somehow poor people can pump 8 children and raise them with the bare minimum. But middle class can't afford to raise more than due to the lifestyle we want to maintain.

[@johnsmith-ro2tw]

if i judge by what i see happening in Europe, poor people migrate to Europe, rely on social welfare paid by the European worker, and supported by treators who lead the country. how are they better ?

[@FlashRetired]

Lol, is this big concern right now? World is already over populated

[@Keyboard_Thoughts]

World is not overpopulated, certain countries are, like Nigeria

[@morbid751]

​@@Keyboard_Thoughts Not India??

[@ILIVEAGOODLIFE]

No it's not lol. Where did you get the idea that the world is over populated?

[@ILIVEAGOODLIFE]

​@@Keyboard_Thoughtsracist much?

[@lordjim3109]

What`s stopping you from depopulating yourself from the world?

[@juliaellman3273]

South Korea sold appx 500 000 korean children to the eest snd now has to pay! Beatiful!!

[@SumitGoswami-xo8ox]

Can you please elaborate what you are talking about?

[@resireg]

​@@SumitGoswami-xo8oxforced adoptions. Korea had a fake orphan industry.

[@csong9940]

Love the footage of BTS' Jin finishing military service 😃

[@markus-ks9sf]

What is BTS? A new kind of STD.

[@AmitJha-d7l]

South Korea is most depressed country in the world , he will fertility increase ??

[@wamnicho]

The world belongs to those who show up

[@jaykay5142]

No, it already belongs to the children of the ultra rich. But if the kids these days are really smart and hard working, they might be able to get a minimum wage job from those people.

[@yohanawu7347]

Maybe is a good idea for govt to provide baby care services so both parents can go back to work.

[@AVirk]

Can we stop talking about South Korea, it’s like every year either the birth rate drops to a new low or the rate of young people who un-life themselves increases. I think I was 12 when I started hearing about this, now I’m 25. Their government doesn’t want to change, it doesn’t care about their people. So there is no reason for us to keep talking about it. Just move on man talk about something new already. From the looks of it there won’t be any more Korea in a few years, maybe bulgogi will become a Chinese cuisine, kpop a south eastern thing, maybe that’s for the best.

[@Mang_ulil]

155H/year is only 3H/week, only extra 36 minutes per day. Still much lower than most people in urban developing country.

[@studyou1016]

Yet if you go to south korea everyones a couple, kinda insane what a cutthroat competitive society with high education costs and laborious work culture does

[@vicky2rap]

So happy to hear this

[@infinitebeing1119]

Instead of crying over population drop economist should work on adaptive economics.

[@虎瀬野]

dont worry it will go up again at some point...then down again...

[@Ghost-Rider667]

That's what happens when you work 80 hours a week.

[@GarudAtma]

Their population density is already too high. Less people means more real focus towards gaining wisdom.

[@ageofechochambers9469]

If 🇫🇷 french media focused this much on the disaster they call a country things might be better instead of finding problems in other countries.

[@santostv.]

It’s a international French channel

[@NerdsBane007]

Aww, he's triggered.

[@dirremoire]

France24 is state-owned, so what you expect?

[@sh0werp0wer]

France24 English is oriented towards international news. French media focusing on domestic affairs is obviously in.. French. You think France24 English is the only French media outlet??😂😂

[@dirremoire]

@sh0werp0wer You think English speaking listeners have no interest in what's going on in France?

[@jamess.2649]

What a beautiful couple! Wish them well

[@IzzyChopChop]

and what happens when the birth rate becomes too low to have enough men in the SK military? And when they become too militarily weak that NK can become a more legitimate threat?

[@noseboop4354]

Did you watch the video? They said they would draft women into the military.

[@prakashagarwal2052]

They really should draft females. Enough of men unaliving. Enough of female reservation in jobs. Enough of men bring treated as second class citizens. Enough of misandry

[@enhancedutility266]

That means women will not have to join the Korean military forces on the mandatory basis just like their male counterparts

[@jessetorres8738]

Trivia note: The U.S. game show The Amazing Race has been on for 36 Seasons, & yet they have traveled to South Korea for just 3 of them; Seasons 4, 17, & 29.

[@MadhaviT-t9x]

State and corporate greed does this to society, don't worry , they will fix this with immigrants from countries that have comparatively lower living conditions.

[@fufurabumbacka]

Korea needs AI robots!

[@Henklord]

So sad. :/

[@HelenEk7]

I read births rates are even dropping in North Korea.

[@Hasanaljadid]

500 to 700 Euros per month for 1 Child for 2 years is great!

[@LizaGalvez-rx4to]

South Korea looks like a big ghost town.

[@resireg]

Not in the cities. More in the interior

[@kristinesharp6286]

Don’t forget the tens of thousand of US soldier volunteering to be there.

[@kristinesharp6286]

Her shirt costs 150 USD.

[@mandarp9472]

End of south korean culture, traditions, food, attire and people.

[@davidhill8565]

I blame the 4B Movement for that.

[@johnsmith-ro2tw]

It's not just South Korea, it's the path all the developed world is taking. Birth rate is also very low, and getting lower and lower, in all of Europe, in Russia, in Japan, in North America. It's partly due to the high cost of living in the city. It's also due to women being pushed to uni studies, and pursuing financially rewarding careers. At that point, they have "criteria" for men. Earning more than they do is one of them. The more women study, the more single women out there. We can also blame the promotion of the culture of materialism. Unfortunately, all these financial incentives by governments to boost birth rates will only show very mild improvements. Russia is trying that approach too for the same reasons. The solution is to operate a radical society change : exit the cities, promote a more rural lifestyle, help young people have access to property, reward women who have several children (like Germany did in the 30s), discourage women from studying and joining the work force.

[@jaabaadaabaaadoo]

Thank you SK 🙏

[@bhadanisandip]

Untill we make our economies and society such that, only one person is enough to run a family birthrate is not going to increase. Whatever the Government does it is not going to affect. I do not understand what is the point of all AI and other technologies if we are so much worried about aging population.

[@mashitta5969]

We need more Samsung and Hyundai, Korea. Get up!

[@kristinesharp6286]

A 1st grader leaves school for the day before 2. Why? They won’t change it cause then hagwons will have to change their schedule. You don’t need a special bin for diapers. You don’t need 150,000 KRW shirts. No matter how affordable it is parents will put a lot of their budget toward child and education costs. It’s just what people do there. Now everyone has dozens of shoes, free education, accesssible doctors when no strike, rice and year round produce. When food scarce, they charged for middle school and some kids didn’t have one pair of shoes they had 6 kids. Now they can’t have 2?

[@kauriedwards4922]

Wait a minute I must be blind asf i thought i saw KIM SEOKJIN in this video😂😅 3:49

[@m_kawaii_m3lody]

Army here 🤭🙋‍♀️🤣 It's kim seokjin 🤪

[@gerrythomson5482]

What birth rate of North Korea? Is it high?

[@noseboop4354]

Hard to have a high birth rate when your country is starving.

[@Mizz.Cherry]

Haha I see jhope & RM playing the trumpet there

[@blondiedondi]

I wonder if they changed to women of age to 30 have to do mandatory military time unless pregnant or a biological mother.. if women would decide to have babies? Or if it would not change.

[@kimjun1147]

You could volunteer as an incubator to save SK’s population!

[@Aniram789]

18 months military service vs 21 years looking after a baby/child/teenager/young adult. What do you think?

[@blondiedondi]

@@Aniram789 Actually it is a lifelong commitment. Don't you think? I know it is for my 4 boys I gave birth to and cared for with my husband of 20 plus years. It was hard for the 8 years I did in the Army being away voluntarily. Like I said.. I wonder if it would make a difference or would it not change. That's all I said.

[@blondiedondi]

@@kimjun1147 I already carried 4 boys and birthed them for my husband while volunteering to be in the Army for 8 years. But thank you for the suggestion though.

[@greedyreader15]

What's the logical reasoning behind such question? Just curious, you're wondering if women were FORCED to choose to do one would they prefer getting pregnant most likely with a person they don't love (due to pressure) adding a human being to a miserable life, and potentially dying giving birth, or joining the military that is rampant with corruption, bullying by superiors and potential sexual harassment? Like why do you hate women? Because in my head I can't fathom entertaining such a question if one doesn't harbor I'll feelings against women

[@jejudo3000]

No Korea. Not like this

[@Hey_puppets]

Promote maternal society.

[@kristinesharp6286]

Given time to find a full time job why not switch to career military like the U.S. has? Provide housing and reduced cost for items. Military manages to have families in U.S. then enter the work force in private sector in their 40’s.

[@esparda07]

At this point, North Korea would just need to wait a bit more so it can try conquering the south again lol.

[@Smarty2able]

A nice country with no kids. Thats odd

[@shahmeerahmed2496]

200,000£ to raise child? wat kind of elitist mentality is this

[@JOEYZ-nq2gn]

Gotta buy Gucci strollers and Vuitton diapers obviously

[@lordjim3109]

A lot of people naively imagine South Korea is the polar opposite of North Korea.

[@greedyreader15]

Refugees from North Korea have it so hard there some considered going back to North Korea 😅

[@ZhuGeLiang6969]

free school and university until.20years old.. free from all tax.. free healthcare.. i bet the birthrate will sky rocket

[@joebidet2050]

The n korean population is also.falling

[@dirremoire]

We don't know for sure. The WHO is just guessing.

[@joebidet2050]

@dirremoire Kim Has made several comments encouraging n korean women to have more children