Genesis John Corvera Martinez

It is public knowledge that the southern half of the Korean Peninsula has the world's lowest fertility rate, placed at 0.72 in 2023. In a society that worships economic growth and material success, mainstream media would of course publish alarmist headlines, such as "population in a freefall" or "attempts to boost the population fail." In Korea's case, the population rightsizing is because the Korean Peninsula in general is resource-scarce, too resource-poor to even entertain the "economic powerhouse" moniker. Cultural factors include unforgiving work hours, degenerately high expectations, soaring costs of basic services, not to mention generalized tensions between men and women. Also take note that South Korea has a serious suicide issue, which is a reflection of an society that is harsher than its surrounding environment. It is odd that the first sector to fear Korea's population rightsizing are the higherups or the elites, practically ...