We're sunsetting PodQuest on 2025-07-28. Thank you for your support!
Export Podcast Subscriptions
cover of episode South Korea: How has it managed to reverse depopulation?

South Korea: How has it managed to reverse depopulation?

2025/4/6
logo of podcast Business Daily

Business Daily
AI Deep Dive AI Chapters Transcript
People
H
Hyun Jong Lee
J
Joon Geun Lee
K
Kang Ho Lee
M
Miranda
Topics
David Kan: 韩国出生率下降近十年后出现回升，引发全球关注。人口下降导致老龄化和劳动力短缺，对经济造成严重影响。政府和企业采取措施鼓励生育，但挑战依然存在。 Kang Ho Lee: 韩国退休人口众多，年轻劳动力不足，造成劳动力缺口，威胁经济发展。政府生育政策虽然效果有限，但可能避免了生育率进一步下降。 Hyun Jong Lee: 婴儿用品行业受低出生率影响严重，生意大幅下滑。 Miranda: 韩国女性不愿生育，部分原因是社会对女性的期望和职场压力。女性在生育后难以重返职场，工作与生活难以平衡。 其他匿名受访者: 韩国育儿环境不友好，经济压力大，工作与生活难以平衡，导致不愿生育。事业与育儿难以兼顾，经济压力大，以及对自身能力的担忧，导致不愿生育。政府生育政策流于形式，实际效果有限，且社会对生育的负面评价也阻碍了政策效果。育儿成本高昂，工作与生活难以平衡，是导致生育率低的重要原因。 Joon Geun Lee: 企业提供高额生育奖励能够鼓励员工生育，并吸引更多求职者。 Kang Ho Lee: 韩国生育率回升，反映了人们观念的转变和政策的积极作用。政府应抓住机遇，积极推动相关政策。

Deep Dive

Chapters
South Korea, known for its extremely low birth rate, has seen a slight increase in births for the first time in a decade. This unexpected turnaround is prompting global attention and raises questions about the effectiveness of government and private sector initiatives.
  • Slight increase in South Korea's birth rate after nearly a decade of decline
  • Global attention on this unexpected turnaround
  • Government and private sector collaboration to address the issue

Shownotes Transcript

South Korea has grappled with an unprecedented decline in birth rate over the past nine years.

However the latest figures show a slight rise in the number of babies born. Although the number remains low, the news is being welcomed with cautious optimism.

The increase follows years of pro-parent policies and heavy investment by the government and businesses.

In the first of our three-part series looking at South Korea’s low birth rate and population decline, we look into the efforts it took to achieve this turnaround, and find out how the number got so low in the first place.

If you would like to get in touch with the show, please email: [email protected]

Presented and produced by David Cann

(Image: A mum and child in South Korea. Credit: Getty Images)