Mayor of Seoul: ``The solution to low birthrate is immigration''... ``Selective welfare is my philosophy''

South Korea's Seoul Mayor Oh Sehun asserted that ``immigration could be the solution'' to the low birthrate problem, adding, ``I feel like it's a little too early as a social consensus has yet to be reached.'' do not have
I don't think so, but I'm hopeful that a majority of the people will agree with it in a year or two." Furthermore, ``The recent direction of welfare in Seoul City is that welfare should be concentrated on low-income people who need support.''
"This is selective welfare, and this is my political philosophy." On the 21st (local time), Mayor Oh gave a special lecture at the auditorium of Yale University Law School in the United States, and then spoke about solutions to South Korea's declining birth rate.
When asked about the law, he answered as follows. On this day, Mayor Oh gave a 30-minute lecture titled ``Global Cities Walking with the Weak'' at the invitation of Yale University's East Asian Studies Association.
. Mayor Oh said, ``Most of the reasons for low birthrates are because education costs a lot,'' adding, ``Koreans believe that 'education is everything,' so they spare no expense on education, but many young
"Koreans think that education costs too much," he said. He continued, ``The first solution is for Seoul City and the government to provide support to ensure that people receive a good education, but this is not possible.
"It will not be easy," he said, citing "expansion of immigration" as the second solution. Regarding the immigration issue, Mayor Oh said, ``It's a very sensitive issue, so we don't often touch on this issue in South Korea.''
"However, recently, a solution has emerged as a solution."
I'm thinking of doing it," he said. When asked about specific policies for women and sexual minorities, as well as Korean feminism, she answered,
"We have promoted a variety of policies through the Fuku Project," he said, before replying, "In South Korea, the ruling party bloc is rapidly expanding, so in 10 years we will see very substantial equality." .
He continued, ``However, there remains a glass ceiling in the private sphere such as businesses, and gender equality has not been achieved in the political sphere, so Korean society must make even more efforts.''
No,” he added. Regarding the rights of sexual minorities, he prefaced this by saying, ``I belong to the Conservative Party,'' and then added, ``We have to respect their sexual preferences, and it's important for them to
It is important to build a society free of inconvenience, but Korean society is still conservative on this issue, so we are taking a cautious stance." Regarding Korean feminism, ``Korean society is based on feminism.
They are colliding in strange places and becoming radicalized. This can be interpreted as ``because it was a historically male-dominated society, an even more aggressive form of feminism arose as a reaction.''
"We still have a long way to go in many ways until we reach a slightly more equal society."