In Seoul, a tumultuous, sprawling and vibrant megalopolis, a noise rarely breaks through the ambient agitation: that of the laughter of children at recess or in public gardens.
Rare, too, are the strollers to make their way visible in the streets of the Korean capital.
To the point of wondering, when walking through the city: where have the children gone?
The figures provide part of the answer: with 0.81 children per woman, South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world.
Two-thirds of South Korean women between the ages of 19 and 34 (65.4%) do not want children, according to a survey by the Korea Population Health and Welfare Association, in September 2022. Why such a renunciation?
This baby crash is above all a symptom of the antagonisms that govern a multifaceted South Korean society.
In Seoul, this diversity is blatant.
It is already enough to observe the urban planning of the city to get an idea of it: the old districts...
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