[rorroe53]

It seems South Koreans in aren't comfortable with having kids in general. It's much better to dedicate your life to making shareholders of Samsung, or some other soulless megacorporation richer. That's how you get one of the world's lowest birth rates.

[mensetmanusman]

An economy based around subsidizing rectangles of entertainment for the world didn't turn out to be sustainable in the end.

[ClumsyPilot]

The rest of the West is subsidizing ‘stock numba go up’ and is on the same trajectory, with falling birthrates.

Koreans are just good at what they do, always ahead of the curve.