Let's talk sex.

Korea and many other countries are having a big problem. Not enough babies. In fact, South Korea has the lowest birthrate in the world at just under .8% which means for every woman they give birth to less than 1 kid each.

For those of you who squirm around kids this may seem like a perfectly good thing; but it puts Korea (and countries like it) on a disastrous course. Their population will age with less and

less babies being born. This results in not enough working people to fill all the job vacancies plus the potential for an entire population to actually die out. (Remember Neanderthals?)

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20231217000122

So what's going on? From what I can gather there are several reasons. In Korea these include things like

Kids are expensive

Housing is expensive

Societal pressures for kids to be super-achievers

Women trying to stay in their careers

All valid reasons but the risks to Korean society means something needs to change. It has just been announced that all babies born in S Korea will receive over $22,000 this year; one way for the government to encourage its citizens. Wonder if it'll work?