South Korea's Birthrate Hits All-Time Low
In recent years, South Korea's rapidly declining fertility rate has caused concern among international observers, with experts saying that South Korea's rapidly declining population poses a serious threat to its economy and defense, and is even facing the risk of being annexed by North Korea to the south.
American political analyst and New York Times columnist Dossett's column "Is Korea Disappearing? Dossett, an American political analyst and columnist for the New York Times, wrote a column titled "Is Korea Disappearing?", which is a serious warning about the possible crisis facing Korean society.
The report said, according to South Korea's latest announcement of the fertility rate of 0.7 in the third quarter of 2023, due to a sharp decline in the birth rate led to a sharp decline in the population of South Korea, it is predicted that the next generation of the population will be reduced to about one-third of the original, which exceeded the rate of population reduction in the 14th century when the Black Death plague ravaged Europe, and ultimately lead to the fear of the South Korea due to the lack of national defense forces to continue, the South Koreans south of the country, annexed by the North Koreans.
Dorsett points out that Korea's 'demographic collapse' problem is not just related to a declining birth rate, but may also be influenced by the younger generation emigrating overseas, while potentially leading to more abandonment of the elderly.
In contrast, North Korea has a relatively high fertility rate (1.8), which makes it likely to have a more adequate military force in the future, and this poses a direct national security test for the relationship.
According to the report "Measures against Extreme Demographic Abnormalities such as Ultra-Low Fertility Rate and Ultra-Aging Society" released by the Central Bank of South Korea on December 3, it is predicted that if the South Korean authorities fail to take effective measures to stop the decline in the birth rate, there is a 98% chance that the population of South Korea will fall below 40 million in the future.
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