South Korea's President Yoon orders cause analysis to address declining birthrate issue

On December 26, South Korean President Yoon Seo-gyeol ordered related ministries and agencies to start analyzing the root causes, including modifying the competitive system in fields such as education, in order to solve the problem of the declining birthrate.
instructed. At the last State Council meeting of the year held on the same day, President Yoon emphasized that ``the problem of the declining birthrate is a crisis of national survival,'' and ``We need to think about the next generation, which is different from the past.''
The reason why President Yoon ordered solutions to the declining birthrate problem is because population numbers are directly linked to national competitiveness. Foreign media also point out the declining birthrate as an issue that Korean society must solve.
There is. CNN reported on December 29 (local time) that South Korea, which has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, is finding it difficult to maintain a sufficient number of soldiers to deal with new threats in the Western Pacific region.
We reported an analysis that suggests that there is a possibility that CNN said, ``South Korea maintains approximately 500,000 troops to guard against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, but for every woman, there are 0.78
In a situation where South Korea's birthrate (the number of children a woman gives birth to during her lifetime) is at a record high, population projections could become South Korea's biggest enemy.''
To maintain current military strength levels, 200,000 people would have to enlist each year, but the number of newborns born last year
There were only 250,000 people. Statistics Korea estimates that the number of newborns will continue to decline from 220,000 in 2025 to 160,000 in 2072. As the security threat from North Korea continues, the South Korean government
CNN's assessment is that the efforts to make the military more elite are not a solution. Early last month, the New York Times (NYT), an American newspaper, published a column in which it argued that South Korea's declining birthrate was a national issue.
He pointed out that this could lead directly to extinction. In a column titled ``Will South Korea Disappear?'' columnist Ross Douthert wrote about South Korea's population decline, ``This kind of population decline...
, which outweighed the population decline brought on by the plague in Europe in the 14th century.''The elderly generation was left unavoidably neglected, resulting in a mass of ghost towns and dilapidated high-rise buildings, with the future dependent on the elderly.
``Immigrant movements will emerge among the younger generation, who cannot foresee their future.'' President Yoon said, ``The issue of the declining birthrate requires us to be more acutely aware of the situation and take a different approach to the causes and countermeasures.''
``We need to think about this issue from the perspective of the government,'' and asked, ``I want all ministries and agencies to work together with great resolve to address the issue of the declining birthrate.'' He also said, ``Even if we collect good policies, they will not be able to counter the declining birthrate.''
``As many experts have pointed out, the direct cause is the excessive competitive system in all fields, including education.''
If so, we must focus on improving this." A high-ranking official in the presidential office said, ``President Yoon believes that the issue of the declining birthrate is a question of whether the country will survive or perish.''
is. We need to do a thorough analysis of the cause,'' he said, explaining the intention of President Yoon's statement.