Thursday, 21 April 2011

Low Birthrate Threatens South Korea Economy, Governor Kim Says

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April 21 (Bloomberg) -- The biggest threat to South Korea’s economic health isn’t from North Korean aggression or Chinese competition, according to Kim Moon-Soo, governor of the country’s largest province and a potential presidential candidate. It’s from the country’s low birthrate.


Women with careers, who tend “not to marry and not to have children,” have added to this “difficult” issue, said Kim


South Korea’s fertility rate was 1.21 per woman in the last five years -- the fourth-lowest in the world, according to United Nations data.



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