South Korea’s fertility crisis could shift regional power balances
The Asian nation has the worst fertility rate in the world. Without radical changes, sustaining the country’s formidable military posture will become impossible.
South Korea has the worst fertility rate in the world. Some have linked the country’s demographic collapse to the emergence of feminism, claiming it worsens gender relations and discourages young women from having children.
In South Korean public debate, feminism and women’s rights advocacy are often associated with misandry and a hidden leftist or even pro-North Korean agenda of female supremacy.
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Dylan is a doctoral candidate at Kangwon National University and a researcher at the Centre for International and Strategic Studies and a Non-Resident Fellow at the European Centre for North Korean Studies.
