[bbc] South Koreans told to go home and make babies

Like Pandas.

 

S. Korea is at a crossroad. Society becoming more westernized by the day while the standards really haven't.

Lack of job security combined with ridiculous employer expectations, and the pressure from immense competition + no maternity leave (lose your job; no FLMA), crazy cost of daycare, expensive private tutoring (unless you want your kid to be total FAIL) in order to a receive decent "education," which is pretty much the only driving factor for success in one of the most densely populated cities in the world.

So tell me.. Would you want to bring a baby into that kinda world? Korean couples say it isn't fair for children nowadays. It's stressful enough dealing with the pressures of surviving for themselves.

 

Hmmm, I'm South Korean. Already knew about low birth rate, but didn't know the situation was this bad?

 

But, sending employees home at 7 pm should help, right?

 

They could have just sent JuanValdez over there.

 

I think I'll wait for the drunken post about how it should have been us Mexicans making babies and stabbing ourselves with our penises. Please post later on tonight, sir.

 

Their GDP per capita is 20K USD and living standard is decent by Western standards.
What you described is partly true, but that kind of reality exists in China and Japan too. Maybe the Confucius culture has something to do with it, so I don't think westernization contributes to the low birth problem in South Korea.

 

I promise not to disparage Charger Fans again while drunk.

 

Confucius culture in modern day Seoul?

I'm just saying Koreans' priorities are changing.. ie. using their spare time to be more focused on individual events and the role of the person, rather than make a baby for the sake of continuing the family bloodline.