@alperry02
That fact that Busan, the 2nd largest city, is at risk of collapse due to depopulation is truly terrifying. Government better figure out a way to decentralize the job market, top universities, earning opportunity from Seoul and QUICKLY. The rural era is absolutely beautiful. It's heartbreaking
@Tammissa
The pressure young people are under to succeed is so strong. Not every student will get into a top university. The mental health of those that don’t make it is really sad.
@carpediem44
Who will be Korea's plumbers, electricians, HVAC techs, farmers...? These professions are crucial for any society.
@pragueexpat5106
If only companies allow 100% remote work for office workers, I'd gladly move out to a small town or a village as long as the internet connection there is good enough. I'm tired of the noise pollution, higher cost of living in a big city anyway..
@kazekai8
I had to agree since I traveled through South Korea recently. Even in Busan the second largest city in South Korea the amount of elderly people compared to Seoul is staggering.
@mrxiong2567
In America, young people don't care as much about higher education but it is the higher cost of living that is causing nobody to want to have kids.
@louieb.726
the problem seems to be seoul is like the center of all opprtunities, they should focus on establishing a secondary or third capital cities
@bayjustin3885
Same thing is happening in Tokyo. It absorbs everything as the country’s population is shrinking 😢
@m00secat
This looks like it's a global issue. I'm in my late thirties and always thought by now I'd have children and a home of my own. I don't, and can't forsee if I can in the near future. I just don't earn enough. How can I dare to dream of a family when I can barely even look after myself? It's so disheartening that now my dream is to get through life quietly, pass in peace, and hope to never, ever come back to this place.
@intreoo
My mom's from Busan, the busiest port and 2nd largest city in South Korea, and even she moved north to Seoul for more opportunity. Seoul is draining the rest of Korea out.
@PinoyKaraoke2019
I grew up from a rural place but did everything to move to a city, be a professional, and live the dream. I thought this is what I wanted. It is too tiring. You can't even enjoy your coffee in the morning. I am now fixing my debts and would hopefully finish paying them in 2 years. I plan to resign by then, go back to the province where I came from, live a simple and quiet life alone, and travel from time to time. I am single at 36, I have a house and a car, and savings on my bank accounts in preparation for future travels and getting old. But no, I have no plans of having a family. I don't think I can afford it. I will have to work until I get old if I choose to. It's not only in south korea, even here in the philippines, it is expensive to raise a child.
@boringruraleulife
korean parents must understand that not all child are born intelligent. i mean take me for example i always wanted to work on software but i cant code no matter what. it's all about acceptance and not pushing people to depression just because they are not as good as the blessed people working in top companies
@stevencrook3979
Very interesting report. Here in Taiwan, the pull toward Taipei isn't so strong, in part because of the science parks in Hsinchu, Taichung, and Tainan.
@t0astz
when a nation focus on purely gdp growth in a capitalistic global economy, this is the result. Things like family, dating and work/life balance policies are not being made a priority. If you want people to have children then you have to make having a family easier in cities/country ( healthcare, good education, economic stability and alleviating the burden of children).
@melaniecharles7448
Allowing older Seoul workers to work remotely, may help spread population outside of Seoul - allowing young families to buy a home.
@kristinesharp6286
The hierarchy is to blame. 23% successful. 23% failures. Everyone else just struggling. You are your rank in school, the house you live in, the family you have or don’t have, you are the neighborhood you live in. Strongly responsible is the government telling everyone to stop having kids from 1960 on ward. Mandatory military and college for all made everyone postpone family 4-6 years and delay fertility. The older you are when you start a family the fewer children you have, if at all. In 1980 they got to 2.0. They worked everyone to death, no family life. But they kept going. Then in addition the kids ended up in mandatory study until all hours. No one grew up with family. Instead they grew up living off mom and dad until their 30’s. Who wants to support a kid until the kid’s 30’s? The country got greedy with irrational growth. Before you were poor if you could not afford the school fee. Now school is free, lunches free, rice abundant and everyone has several pairs of shoes but it’s too expensive. The only thing that helped delay population decline is elders started to live until 80 instead of 60. Or they would have seen the effects in the 90’s.
@sharrablackfire7337
Nowhere in this video did it talk about the fact that there are basically 3 pediatric surgeons in all of South Korea, and very few pediatric doctors, period. Babies and small kids die while waiting to be seen by doctors or while being transported to larger cities during a medical emergency. If the government really wanted to do something about the birth rate, they would get past the doctor strike to push for more pediatric doctors to be matriculated, and then they would INCENTIVIZE population shifts to these abandoned area. Offer grants and move 1,000 people at a time back into these struggling rural towns. But nobody will have kids or move back if there is no healthcare system.
@moonhead4057
It feels and sounds so depressing knowing that the moment you were born, you were already destined for a specific place.
@arlis9473
Their rural areas so beautiful...
@DeniSaputta