KOREA DECLARES DEMOGRAPHIC DECLINE NATIONAL EMERGENCY

세계 인구의 날, 한국 인구 국가비상사태 선언

Welcome to Issues and Insiders for this Thursday July 11th.
I'm Min Sunhee.
South Korea may not be unique in its witnessing of falling birth rates but as pundits assert it stands alone with regard to the severity of the situation.
For more I have Doctor Willem Adema at the OECD Social Policy Department.
Doctor Adema it's a pleasure.
I also have Professor Choi Hyunsun at Myongji University with us.
Professor Choi it's great to have you on.


1) Doctor Adema, speaking within your capacity as a researcher looking into the situation here in Korea from the outside, how severe is the country's demographic decline?


2) Professor Choi, on a slightly promising note, findings for April showed a 2-point-8 percent on-year rise in the number of newborns.
How do you respond?


3) Doctor Adema, the Korean government, for its part, is looking to set up a new ministry assigned with the task of tackling low births amid an ageing society.
How do you assess these efforts?


4) Professor Choi, broadly speaking, the government has spoken of placing priority on three factors: work-life balance, education and childcare assistance, as well as housing and family planning support.
What factor do you suppose is of utmost importance?


5-1) Doctor Adema, earlier this year France alarmed by the lowest birth rate in some 30 years in 2023 at 1-point-6-8 announced a major reform to its parental leave system.
Having said this generally speaking does greater parental leave support encourage couples to have children?


5-2) Doctor Adema, with regard to ensuring work-life balance, what structural changes need to be made within the labor market?


6) Professor Choi, aside from seeking work-life balance, the government here plans to offer childcare and academic assistance as well as housing and family planning support.
How feasible is this plan, and what are some of the potential hurdles?


7) Doctor Adema, financial aid for families has also been pledged by the government.
What can be done to ensure that financial aid translates to policy successes?


8) Professor Choi, some pundits claim there need to be shifts in social perception as well in light of the stigma against single parents and discrimination against non-traditional partnerships.
What do you say?


9) Doctor Adema, Korea's goal is to raise the fertility rate to 1 by the year 2030.
What more do you propose to better approach this ambitious objective?


10) And Professor Choi, what are your words of advice?


All right.


Well that ends Thursday's edition of Issues and Insiders.
Thank you for watching.
See you same time on Friday.

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2024-07-11, 14:30 (KST)