A South Korean government agency announced in September that the total fertility rate was 0.81 last year, the world’s lowest. President Yoon Suk Yeol has ordered policymakers to find effective steps to deal with the problem.
Yoo Young Yi’s grandmother gave birth to six children. Her mother birthed two. Yoo doesn’t want any. “My husband and I like babies so much … but there are things that we’d have to sacrifice
SEOUL, South Korea Yoo Young Yi's grandmother gave birth to six children. Her mother birthed two. Yoo doesn't want any.
"My husband and I like babies so much … but there are things that we'd have to sacrifice if we raised kids," said Yoo, a 30-year-old Seoul financial company employee. "So it's
Many young people in South Korea have chosen not to marry or have children, citing a change of views toward a marriage and family life and uncertainty of their future