hahaha.. i saw in the news about the shit balloons, and apparently south korea responded by sending over balloons with K-pop usbs.
I dont know the deal with living in apartments out there... but honestly, if it was me living in a small space apartment like that, its tough bringing up kids in a tower block. i would think thrice about it. i bet you have to be more active in getting them out and doing things, and supervising. instead of just letting them play out in the street like i did as a kid.
Yup, people in the South has been sending k-pop carrying balloons over the border off and on for years now. The government stopped it for a while as they thought it was inflaming relations between the two, but now it's back on.
About 90% of the people in this city live in tower blocks, so it's just taken for granted that if you chose to have a family you'll likely be living in one too. Other than using an elevator going in and out I don't think it's much different.
Is there anyone in Korea talking about immigration as a cure for demographic crisis? I feel like this is one area where Taiwan is ahead of Japan and Korea in that the government is specifically working to increase immigration. It's controversial, of course, the recent idea to make a migrant worker deal with India like already exists with Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam brought out all the racists, but the policy still went ahead in the end.
It seems self-evident to me that people with more economic security won't want children because they are an unnecessary complication and distraction from enjoying your life, whereas people who are less comfortable have a built-in incentive to produce kids that could usher in a better future for them... In this way welcoming blue and pink collar workers from other countries seems like a win-win.
There is talk of it, as evident by this recent article, but I get the impression it's still something a lot of Koreans are reluctant to embrace
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It's clear that a lot of people still want children, otherwise entire countries or at least entire social classes would abruptly die off. But the point is when you are wealthy you have more opportunity to make a choice based on your personal desires rather than being forced into the situation through circumstance. People who are secure are better positioned to say no to social or cultural pressure, they can afford to use contraception or have an abortion, they may have had a better education that leads them to making different life choices, and so on.
I think it's a good thing that birth rates are decreasing globally, it shows that human society is evolving, that we are becoming more conscientious, and in particular that women are increasingly treated as autonomous individuals and not just expected to be child-rearing machines.
That said for countries like South Korea and Taiwan that are still in awkward frozen conflicts with increasingly aggressive neighbors, seems like it's just an epic self-own to not maintain a solid core of
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For sure, on the whole a decrease in the world's population is a good thing, so long as it's relatively slow and steady before finally levelling out. And it's something that is now acknowledged as most likely to begin to happen round about 2060. I like the human race, but around two billion people on the planet would allow more space for everything else.
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hahaha.. i saw in the news about the shit balloons, and apparently south korea responded by sending over balloons with K-pop usbs.
I dont know the deal with living in apartments out there... but honestly, if it was me living in a small space apartment like that, its tough bringing up kids in a tower block. i would think thrice about it. i bet you have to be more active in getting them out and doing things, and supervising. instead of just letting them play out in the street like i did as a kid.
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About 90% of the people in this city live in tower blocks, so it's just taken for granted that if you chose to have a family you'll likely be living in one too. Other than using an elevator going in and out I don't think it's much different.
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Is there anyone in Korea talking about immigration as a cure for demographic crisis? I feel like this is one area where Taiwan is ahead of Japan and Korea in that the government is specifically working to increase immigration. It's controversial, of course, the recent idea to make a migrant worker deal with India like already exists with Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Vietnam brought out all the racists, but the policy still went ahead in the end.
It seems self-evident to me that people with more economic security won't want children because they are an unnecessary complication and distraction from enjoying your life, whereas people who are less comfortable have a built-in incentive to produce kids that could usher in a better future for them... In this way welcoming blue and pink collar workers from other countries seems like a win-win.
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It's clear that a lot of people still want children, otherwise entire countries or at least entire social classes would abruptly die off. But the point is when you are wealthy you have more opportunity to make a choice based on your personal desires rather than being forced into the situation through circumstance. People who are secure are better positioned to say no to social or cultural pressure, they can afford to use contraception or have an abortion, they may have had a better education that leads them to making different life choices, and so on.
I think it's a good thing that birth rates are decreasing globally, it shows that human society is evolving, that we are becoming more conscientious, and in particular that women are increasingly treated as autonomous individuals and not just expected to be child-rearing machines.
That said for countries like South Korea and Taiwan that are still in awkward frozen conflicts with increasingly aggressive neighbors, seems like it's just an epic self-own to not maintain a solid core of ( ... )
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