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انخفاض معدل المواليد في كوريا الجنوبية
August 27, 2024 - تعاني كوريا الجنوبية من انخفاض قياسي في معدل المواليد، حيث يواجه المسؤولون صعوبة في إقناع جيل ”YOLO“ بأن الأبوة والأمومة استثمار أفضل من أسلوب حياة الملذات.
South Korea is struggling to stop a sharp decline in its birth rate, with officials having difficulty convincing young people that parenthood is a better investment than living a hedonistic lifestyle.
Asia’s fourth-largest economy is to launch a new ministry dedicated to the task of improving the country’s demographic challenges, but they may face an uphill struggle.
The lifestyle priorities of Koreans in their 20s and 30s (generations Y and Z) mean they spend more and save less on average than their peers in other countries. They have become known as the “YOLO” generation – You Only Live Once – with more self-indulgent appetites for comfortable lives, stylish clothes, eating out and travel.
In 2023, the average number of expected babies for a South Korean woman during her reproductive life fell to a record low of 0.72 – far below the rate of 2.1 per woman needed for a steady population.