South Korea's statistics agency announced in September that the total fertility rate — the average number of babies born to each woman in their reproductive years — was 0.81 last year. That's the world's lowest for the third consecutive year.
SEOUL, South Korea — Yoo Young Yi’s grandmother gave birth to six children. Her mother birthed two. Yoo doesn’t want any.
President Yoon Suk Yeol has ordered policymakers to find more effective steps to deal with the problem. The fertility rate, he said, is plunging even though South Korea spent 280 trillion won over the past 16 years to try to turn the tide. “After seeing this, I realized my concentration at work would be greatly diminished if I had babies,” Yoo said.
“I can consider marriage when our society becomes healthier and gives more equal status to both women and men,” Kang said. South Korea has been offering a variety of incentives and other support programs for those who give birth to many children. But Choi, the expert, said the fertility rate has been falling too fast to see any tangible effects. During a government task force meeting last month, officials said they would soon formulate comprehensive measures to cope with demographic challenges.
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