Korea’s population crisis
Choi Seon-jeong
Korea is suffering from a national crisis of super-low fertility. The head of the Korean affiliate of Planned Parenthood explains why. The head of the Korean affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation recently pleaded with his countrymen and women to have more children. Choi Seon-jeong, president of the Planned Population Federation of Korea, warned in the JoongAng Daily that his government must combat a "national crisis of super-low fertility", or Korea will disappear. MercatorNet asked him to explain how this has happened and how he proposes to increase birth rates. MercatorNet: The latest statistics show that the fertility rate in the Republic of Korea is one of the lowest in the world. You have described this as a "national crisis of super-low fertility". What do you fear will happen?
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/koreas_population_crisis/
Korea is suffering from a national crisis of super-low fertility. The head of the Korean affiliate of Planned Parenthood explains why. The head of the Korean affiliate of the International Planned Parenthood Federation recently pleaded with his countrymen and women to have more children. Choi Seon-jeong, president of the Planned Population Federation of Korea, warned in the JoongAng Daily that his government must combat a "national crisis of super-low fertility", or Korea will disappear. MercatorNet asked him to explain how this has happened and how he proposes to increase birth rates. MercatorNet: The latest statistics show that the fertility rate in the Republic of Korea is one of the lowest in the world. You have described this as a "national crisis of super-low fertility". What do you fear will happen?
http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/view/koreas_population_crisis/
Labels: abortion, family planning, planned parenthood, population, under population
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For the past 6 years, South Korea's Total Fertility Rate has hovered at about 1.2. This is extremely low in cmoparison to other modernized countries, but in my opinion, I think it shows that some cultures have sustainable ideas of family. A 1.2 TFR actually means that their population is increasing (no first world contry has a TFR below 1) and this in no way indicated that South Korea will "disappear." With busy metropolital centers like Seoul, I'd say that a population that maintains instead of exploding is a sign of intelligent procreation. As far as the quick ageing rate the article cites, I think that's a different issue.
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