한국여성의 비혼

For a population to hold steady, that number should be 2.1 if this trend continues, Korea's population is estimated to halve by the year 2100.
In 50 years time the number of working age people will have halved the pool eligible to take part in the country's mandatory military service will have shrunk by 58% and nearly half the population will be older than 65.

Politicians to brainstorm more "creative" solutions like hiring nannies from South East Asia and paying them below minimum wage and exempting men from serving in the military if they have three children before turning 30.

A woman who has babies alone are not judged kindly. In 2022, only 2% of birth in South Korea occurred outside of marriage.

Yejin says there is also pressure to study in her spare time to get her job.
Koreans have this mindset that if you don`t continously work on self-improvement, you are going to get left behind, and become a failure. This fear makes us work twice as hard.

From the age of four, children are sent to an array of expensive extra-curricular classes from maths and English to music and 태권도.
hyper-competitive Korea, this has made it the most expensive country in the world to raise a child.

A 2022 study found that only 2% of parents did not pay for private tuition, while 94% said it was a financial burden.
Some parents spend $890 per child for a month.

I've spent my hole life studying, first to get into a good university, then for her civil servant exam then to get her first job at 28.
I've had to compete endlessly not to achieve my dream, but just to live a mediocre life. It's been so draining
Korea is not a place where children can live happily.