I have been binge watching English-speaking Japanese men talking about how their country is dying, and now I made it to the South Korean side! I don't know why, but I am so invested and interested in such topics!
Unfortunately the end of the world is approaching closely according to the prophecy of the Bible. It could be one of the signs. Jesus is coming back & you want to be ready for it. There's more deep down things we need to know about, such as eternity. It's not all about matters of our lives on earth. Seek the truth in the Bible. It will tell you everything you need to know. Nothing on earth is a coincidence, but God is in control. The low rates of some countries is not the only issues, but there are more problems & hidden issues ahead of us that God warns us thru the Bible. Dive into it & prepare before it's too late. This world is in big trouble being separated by its Creator. Jesus is the only hope for all mankind.
Our man here reminds me so much of my best friend in latter elementary school. His mother was ROK and when I would stay over on the weekends with them she would give us fun assignments communicating in spy ways and such, and told us about the evils of communism. We lost contact before our teens as his father's job required them to relocate. I learned so much from them and miss them dearly. The most best friend I ever had and I am old.
its also a cultural issue. women do no longer want to have children, settle down and marry. women no longer need a man to have access to ressources and dating culture has become extremely promiscuous among women
Thank you for sharing! I recently read that South Korea's fertility rate dropped 8% in 2023 alone. It seems like significant changes to work/life balance are needed so people can have more time to raise families. Looking forward to more of your videos.
Hello, Average Korean Man!! I just recently discovered your channel & am really enjoying it. May I compliment you on your English--you speak very well & are easy to understand. As a red-blooded American woman, I did not mind at all that you were shirtless. I rather enjoyed it! You are a cutie!!
Don’t listen to these silly comments about inappropriate dress codes. It’s obviously hot over there ( I’m in Australia) I’m not offended in the least. Some people! How dare they tell you how to dress in your own video. In fact, I’m becoming infuriated by the minute over their dictatorial, officious and high and mighty attitude. Total nonsense. I like your videos.
I think one problem can also be that people wanna travel, focus on them self, find them self, dont want to destroy thier body giving birth, also hard to meet the right person, and people maybe have mentally issues and other issues.
Hello average Korea man , I am average Afghanistan guy living in north Afghanistan , I learning English from the american before they leave , maybe I can also make a channel talking on my situation
That’s crazy. Is that’s why we see so many more match making shows in Korea now? I see more and more Korean realty match making shows on Netflix. This is very interesting.
I agree about this issue in Korea. The teachers now are starting to get laid off because there is no children to educate at the lower grades which will increase as the children start going up through the schools. Korea will have to bring people in to work from other countries or companies will need to outsource overseas which Kia and Hyundai is starting to do now. The men will need to leave Korea to find women because men are normally prioritized if they are the first child. Look at China 300 million more men than women. China finally figured out that men were dating other men because there were no women or escape China to find a women so they allow 3 children now. This is so serious and the government of Korea needs to gut everything. You need 2.1 children as a country to offset because things happen and you might lose a child which is just reality. Also Kdrama and KPOP is not helping all this mess. It might seem like it's helping but watching the Krama's I can see why no one has kids. Prioritizing education/work over family creates a more robotic society than a family oriented society.
I have heard other people from south Korea talking about the problem with this . Thank you for taking the time to break it down for us. This is heart breaking .
@@average_korean_man You will most likely stay unmarried and without children making shirtless videos and naked videos. Most woman with higher standards would be turned off by your unprofessionalism and presentation style on this kind of topic.
@@average_korean_man You will most likely stay unmarried and without children making shirtless videos and naked videos on such a serious topic. Super unprofessional. Most woman with higher standards would be turned off by your unprofessionalism and with your shirtless presentation style, especially on this kind of topic.
He can't affect the birth rate by himself even if he makes 100 children with 10 women... Societal change is the ONLY solution. Although it's good for him personally if he has a family.
I was interested in the topic but then couldn't watch the video after a few seconds because of the guy being shirtless and possibly fully naked. For all of you who think it's fine or appropriate to be naked while talking about low birth rates in South Korea, you must have very low standards.
more boys than girls are born , normally 100 girls vs 105 - 108 boys depending on country , therefore without wars many countries modern countries have a shortage of young women ,
South Korea worked economic miracles and transformed one of the poorest countries into one of the richest. Now it needs to work a social miracle. How can you encourage young people to have children? This needs to become an urgent priority. But it is an economic issue as well. Having children needs to be affordable and workplaces and society in general need to redesign completely away from the attitudes and systems that were in place in the fifties and create absolutely family friendly, even family first, environments.
That's not enough... You need to design society such that young people WILL meet each other a lot as young adults, work with each other, and couples are able to start households around age 25.
Wherever lower birth rates exist, the move from agrarian to industrialized society is a key factor. Farm families typically had children because they were cheap labor and played an essential role in the family's economic success. As people gravitated toward cities, child labor was no longer needed. In fact, too many children were a financial burden. Parents therefore made an economically sound decision to have fewer children. In hindsight, the desire to rapidly push toward industrialization was too intense. The few that got rich paid more attention to their revenue stream but looked the other way when economic viability was threatened.
WHich is why i suggest a mass move OUT of the cities by the youth. SImilar to the Cottege Craft movement in the US a century ago. Build orchards, farmlands, specialty agriculture, etc.
@@ArielaShines Sounds good, but difficult to execute. The greedy rich are still driving government to spend big $$ on big cities, so where will the $$ come from to incentivize such a movement? Young folks don't have the $$ to lease property let alone buy. Unless seniors with savings grouped together to finance it, a huge shift in mindset would be required to make this movement happen. The greedy rich will resist, forcefully if necessary.
@@italiangm1 Reetirees or mid life changers from the USA might help. With enough capital it is possible to start with like an herb pfarm,and specialize, then do vertical an horizontal grown into other crops. Orchards though, that this an undertaking. Government grant maybe? Yes, corporations will probably fight it, but if it means more population, then they have an incentive to help, not pull back. Have to show the long term impact. Sejong City was a great idea just a few years before its time. Also, is a city model what is needed or a suburb model? So many questions. it would apply really to any industrialized nation with birth decline.
just had my first daughter, it's GREAT to have kids and besides a few tired nights, it's been 99% pure joy and the best thing that has ever happened to me. But I also married a traditional Asian woman. All my American friends from college (now around 35-40 years old) all go on about how they HATE kids, don't want to lose their beauty and how Trump is going to stop abortion so why even bother trying to have kids if they don't get to control exactly when it happens. it's NUT and they will regret it when they are older I am very sure of it.
Im my province, Québec in Canada, the birth rate has been as high as 38 or 39 per 1,000 women at the beginning of the 20th century is now 8,8 bitrths per 1,000 women. I quess it must be the same in all industrialized and rich countries. In Africa, the birth rate in 2023 was 31.599 births per 1000 people.
Great and informative video. I think it's important to look at the causes, which we all mainly know is cultural, societal and of course the economics. The massive technological advancements (of course the fear of AI replacing many jobs) also plays a huge part as by consequence creates a more introverted and anti-social society (people who are more likely to lock themselves in a room enjoying the fast internet while only go out to buy groceries or when needed, as well as being addicted to corn which limits their chances of meeting someone and increasing the birth rate). There's also the education sector, as we all know, Korea's education system is very very highly competitive (like most of East Asia) which results in high 'S' rates due to the rigorous and depressing setting (bullying, cyberbullying and high expectations from parents that burden the students) of most schools. You can search the statistics of all these factors yourself for a more thorough and in-depth research. It's very interesting to see how completely different factors affect birth rates. South Korea is a mixture between a Confucian society and a Western society. It's easy to identify the many problems, but what are the solutions? 🤔 There are probably countless solutions but it all depends on if the government is willing to take the initiative (remember that governments never really do anything until it gets really really bad) as time is of the essence. I read somewhere that the Korean government is giving out passports to foreigners with stable incomes in hopes that they would live and marry a Korean man/woman, I want to hear your thoughts on this from a Korean perspective, do you think the government is doing the right thing? Do you think that Korea will lose it's homogeneity? Do you think it's ok as long as the foreigners are educated and come to Korea legally?
okay, so 1) what is the death rate and is menopause coming later? I know menopaus in the US, the timing is getting later in life. So women in mid 50s can have children. 2) can you have a mass migration of youth out of cities, like a movement, to agriculture and farming sector, and repopulate SouthWest Korea? Orchards, fishing etc.
8:28 I don't know if I should say this, but DPRK and ROK are technically still at war even until today. But DPRK don't even need to fire a single bullet, just play a waiting game, and by the time of Kim Jong-Un's Grandson's time, DPRK would have won the war when the scenario of ROK being the "first country to disappear"
The life expectancy in DPRK is less than 60 and they have a serious population decline from bouts of famine and people unable to live a decent life with human fecal fertilizer, parasites, and diseases. So yeah, they are not better off at all. ROK just needs to have more babies and they will be golden. The conglomerates are going to have to bend to the needs of the nation or they will not last in the future.
I was visiting SK during the second week of June and the weather was very nice but a bit hot. Our tour guide told us about the birth rate. I thought it was interesting
Hello! I think what you’re describing here is the total fertility rate, and not the birth rate (which is usually measured per 1,000 population). I believe that both rates are declining throughout the world, though the causes may be varied.
Talking about birth rate half naked is awesome ! I'm dying 😂😂😂😂. I bet all the uptight morons are in heaven screaming and yelling about that... secretly disappointed not seeing more 😂😂😂. It was extremely interesting by the way !
Birth rate measures the number of births per 1,000 inhabitants in a certain period, typically per year. The fertility rate, on the other hand, refers to the average number of children that a woman of childbearing age (usually 15-49 years) has in the course of her life. South Korea is 5. in lowest birth rates, and 1. in lowest fertility rates. Best wishes from Austria, those rates/numbers are not much better here.
Can someone explain why this is an issue outside of there being less population? Wouldn’t less population mean less costs to run the country and perhaps more space for the population
There will be many problems. But I will give to one example. S.Korea has a population of 50 million and Seoul(the capital) has 10 million currently. Everybody wants to and tries to go to Seoul for work because all the jobs are centered in Seoul. So let's say the population of S.Korea became 20 million in the future. The population of Seoul will still be 10 million and the rest of the country will be empty.
sorry to hear that as this can become a crysis in the future in my country Pakistan its the opposite its overpopulated which is also not a good thing Pakistan is rank at 5 th place in top 10 most populous countries.
Hello, I heared about S.K birthrate news long back buf it is true. I am watching many korean content creater in youtube and insta. Many men and women in korea ar nearly reaching around 40 but no marriages happened to them if married but no kids yet. Thanks for sharing with us genuinely🤝💐
It’s always interesting to see how the refusal of political leaders to actually SEE a problem in order to fix it causes the problem to get worse. We have the same lack of problem solving in the US. Women here feel less and less safe or comfortable to have children here either. But because we continue to immigrate people, our population can still grow. Korea does not have an easy path to residency or naturalization for non Koreans. So if Koreans aren’t making babies, there will just be no babies. There are options that can be taken to make the environment better for women, for families, and for workers, but it would take a shift in mindset and culture that I’m not sure the population would really go for. This is also the same in the US. They could also make the environment better for women, for families, and for workers. But if it doesn’t make life better for Congress, they won’t make it happen. 😔
I was gonna be like bra wheres your clothes, then I realized you're literally presenting a chart on how your society is dying, so why would you care. Well done videos despite the lack of dress code.
Most western countries supplement their birth rate with very high immigration levels. Much of this is driven by taxation reasons ie we import adult workers who can immediately contribute to the tax system. This enables social welfare to continue.
it's a very interesting topic. It relates to all the world as well as fertility rates are dropping fast and Elon Musk even said many years ago that the world's biggest problem is population decline. People do not realize it but while the population of the planet continue to grow to 11-12 billion by 2100, it's only because people are living longer so that is why the numbers are going up for now...but once the lag catches up, the population will decrease so rapidly it'll come like a thief in the night and the world won't realize it until it's already too late. But there is a different theory. By 2100, the world will have changed so much that we won't need many people anyways. Nations will turn into corporations and automation, ai, robotics, neural link/brain net, cloning, genetic factories will change everything and the world will function on just 1 or 2 billion or even less without a problem. But we are not there yet. It's going to be really bad for long time before it gets good. Halving the world's population is going to create chaos anarchy and disorder as systems fall and societies lose their footing but only for a while until we adapt the new world order which will not need many humans.
I feel like this is a problem that can be solved overnight. Allow immigrants. Give tax breaks to new parents. Companies give good maternal leave to mothers.
I think the change would radicate in the fact that more moral and ethic values where shared in Korea in educational institutions, this would change the birth rate by far. And why is that? Well in kore most youngsters arround the age of 20 and 25 go and hang arround clubbing and have no manners with girls and the same goes for the girls, in fact if you count the body count of Korean women you would be shocked, they only have sex for pleasure and not for love/romance and function (wich is to make children). If ethic values where taught to them from an early age they would consider marriage even more in their late age and even would desire it. Something's gotta change!!! Much support from an Amazigh of North Africa my Korean brother!
@@vrishnisivakumaran1232 When did i say that, giving birth to a human beeing should never be forced on any woman, my point was that most of them are just hoes due to a high bodycount. Am i wrong in that?
In the birth rates, you cannot assume that girls and boys will be of equal number. There could be more girls than boys or the other way around. The stats assume that the births will be even, but that is not the case. So, it could even be less.
immigration might save the birth rate. the reason why the USA is almost 2 is because of immigration. also, the work life pressure is horrible with long hours.
That was funny and cute when you lost your train of thought. ㅋㅋ Also though your numbers are very abstract just to show how quickly population can decrease, you also have to factor in children who die before reaching reproductive age and people who physically cannot reproduce, which makes the numbers even more dire.
Most channels say the birth rate is low because of frigidity among men and women, then because of violence against women, but the Korean man lives in a patriarchal society.
Don’t worry, mate. There will be lots of AI robots doing jobs, so after some time there will be universal income. This will create opportunities to have more kids. Also, in the US and Western nations, they are taking in lots of refugees and immigrants. They are even letting in illegal immigrants. You guys could do something similar as well. Japan has breeding visas; you guys could do something similar. You have to fear Kim Jong-un more than your population.
5:49 아니요 Your population doesn't go down like that, women that give birth just don't suddenly die. 이상한 예문 이에요 7:00 Earlier you said that in 60 years your population will go down to 12.5% (200 -> 24) but here, numbers you have on paper says in 50 years you will have gone down to 44%. Why these numbers differ? Right, there is a 10 year difference but the difference is very large here and that 10 years can't account for the differences you show. 8:50 Expert says your population will go down to 40% in 75 years. 그차이들이랑 모르겠어요 I suggest most people don't really know what will happen. Japan went through the same thing, same fear on top of an economic crisis, result: Japan is still alive and kicking.
The reason is because of men who can't bother putting on a shirt while making a video online is extremely unattractive and a huge turn off for normal women with standards.
Why do you assume that Americans are the ony ones that speak English?? There are many Korean people who have studied overseas & speak english, he could be talking to them. You americans are so self absorbed.
That's how Britain tries to resolve this issue ( like in the 1930s ,during the great depression); then they blame the immigrants for their internal problems.
Yeah, it might happen, here in Poland they are taking in bangladeshi, ukrainians, pakistani to work hard labour at factories, etc. Nobody wants to take jobs there and the birth rate here is quite low. Koreans will have to take people from poorer countries to make up for work force eventually. Then people will get mad about migrants, because they're there to do jobs they don't wanna do, same old story.
Belgium has a birth rate of 1,60. So that is ok. What I see the last years is that there are more babies than before. I saw a big difference after COVID actually.
A surface area of Earth (without Antarctica) is 135 000 000 sq km. On Earth live 8 mld of people. Average density of population on Earth is 59 people/sq km. South Korea has density more than 500 people/sq km. It's almost ten times overpopulated. How do you know that current count of people of S.Korea is optimal (be worried its decline)?
hi bro,i want hear some sth about feminism truth,but i don know korean language,getting the whole info is limited,hope y can make a series of video about that!
I’m wondering if a taboo, shyness, uncomfortableness about s*x is a factor in S Korea’s low birth rate. I only say this because there are many poorer countries that don’t have a low birth rate, or at least not as severe of one. Rationally it seems like there HAS to be more factors than just the cost of raising children that’s contributing to this. People in every country have to make financial sacrifices to have children, so why are people in S Korea seemingly not willing to make those same sacrifices? Is the competitive nature of people in S Korea so important culturally that people are willing to risk never having children in order to “win” the competition? This is a very interesting, but also tragic topic.
@@average_korean_man Yes, thank you so much, someone else explained that to me in another of your videos comments & it makes a lot more sense to me now. Is it generally viewed more as a mans responsibility to ensure everything is in place prior to marriage? In the US people marry and work towards those things together.
This guy will probably end up staying single and childless, because what normal woman with standards would find a man appealing or attractive who can't bother putting on a shirt and who thinks it's appropriate to make a shirtless video on the topic of South Korea's low birthrate problem. All the people defending him being shirtless are imo weirdos and have low standards.
No it's not, that's a way to destroy the society. At least with a large elderly population the entitlement can be cut. Immigration is only a temporary solution and doesn't fix the issue
Whatever, the consequences will happen after us. It also will happen gradually, just a graduall population decline, nothing bad. It is definetly not on the brink of disappearance with the population of 50 million people it will require thousand years to dissappear. Yes, population would be poorer, definetely, but it will happen gradually and just instead of Korea need to invest in more promising countries. In Korea the poorer pop will become the more babies it will have. So all is balanced.
Hi first of all it s weird you do your video topless ..second to increase birth rate it s obvious : reduce stress by reducing time of work , more holliday , let come some politec foreigner happy to learn your culture , change the mind set and next generation birth rate raise .
@@penelopepitstock I was interested in the topic but got super turned off by him being shirtless and couldn't get pass a few seconds. Also, it's hard to take him seriously because his shirtless presentation style makes him come across as being a weirdo and someone who lacks appropriate video presentation etiquette. And in my opinion, all the people defending his shirtlessness are weirdos too. If South Korean men are like this man, then it's no wonder no babies are being made, because his shirtless video is a huge turn-off.
I have been binge watching English-speaking Japanese men talking about how their country is dying, and now I made it to the South Korean side! I don't know why, but I am so invested and interested in such topics!
He is copying 50 year old japanese man.
South Korea is even worse than Japan, unless the fertility rates go up quite a bit.
Unfortunately the end of the world is approaching closely according to the prophecy of the Bible. It could be one of the signs. Jesus is coming back & you want to be ready for it. There's more deep down things we need to know about, such as eternity. It's not all about matters of our lives on earth. Seek the truth in the Bible. It will tell you everything you need to know. Nothing on earth is a coincidence, but God is in control.
The low rates of some countries is not the only issues, but there are more problems & hidden issues ahead of us that God warns us thru the Bible. Dive into it & prepare before it's too late. This world is in big trouble being separated by its Creator. Jesus is the only hope for all mankind.
Our man here reminds me so much of my best friend in latter elementary school. His mother was ROK and when I would stay over on the weekends with them she would give us fun assignments communicating in spy ways and such, and told us about the evils of communism.
We lost contact before our teens as his father's job required them to relocate. I learned so much from them and miss them dearly. The most best friend I ever had and I am old.
It’s just how the world is going, soon many countries will join you. Housing/job crisis is everywhere. From a Brazilian
Yep, I agree.
its also a cultural issue. women do no longer want to have children, settle down and marry. women no longer need a man to have access to ressources and dating culture has become extremely promiscuous among women
Thank you for sharing! I recently read that South Korea's fertility rate dropped 8% in 2023 alone. It seems like significant changes to work/life balance are needed so people can have more time to raise families. Looking forward to more of your videos.
You and your girlfriend better get busy.
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korea is known for aborting fetuses conceived out of wedlock. so it wouldn't help a bit
Hello, Average Korean Man!! I just recently discovered your channel & am really enjoying it. May I compliment you on your English--you speak very well & are easy to understand. As a red-blooded American woman, I did not mind at all that you were shirtless. I rather enjoyed it! You are a cutie!!
Don’t listen to these silly comments about inappropriate dress codes. It’s obviously hot over there ( I’m in Australia) I’m not offended in the least. Some people! How dare they tell you how to dress in your own video. In fact, I’m becoming infuriated by the minute over their dictatorial, officious and high and mighty attitude. Total nonsense. I like your videos.
He is only showing his shoulders! I assumed it was hot too. Also in Australia and with no a/c.
@@Daydream_Singularity Hi there! I’m near Byron Bay in NSW. Where are you?
@@MoonstoneStarChaser Sydney.
Going up to 97 in pa Monday yuck !
Women can't walk around with just their bras though 😂 and it's very hot! you would start singing a different tune.
Thanks for your explanation, very kindly explained and presented.😊
I think one problem can also be that people wanna travel, focus on them self, find them self, dont want to destroy thier body giving birth, also hard to meet the right person, and people maybe have mentally issues and other issues.
2 Korean babies here in the USA. Trying to help out.
Keep going on ! You are gold for your country 😜
Hello average Korea man , I am average Afghanistan guy living in north Afghanistan , I learning English from the american before they leave , maybe I can also make a channel talking on my situation
I like this dude. Learning about other cultures is amazing. Also ge does not look like he's in his 30s. Way younger!
That’s crazy. Is that’s why we see so many more match making shows in Korea now? I see more and more Korean realty match making shows on Netflix. This is very interesting.
😅 didn’t know the birth rate in South Korea is worst than Japan 🇯🇵
Wow. That is sad.😢
I really liked this video! Well explained!
in Poland is around 1.33 and people are adressing this issue a lot so 0.72 sounds crazy
Makes you wonder if this will cause some sort of economic reset in the future... otherwise, how else will birth rates improve?
Thanks again . I wish you success with your videos.🎉
I agree about this issue in Korea. The teachers now are starting to get laid off because there is no children to educate at the lower grades which will increase as the children start going up through the schools. Korea will have to bring people in to work from other countries or companies will need to outsource overseas which Kia and Hyundai is starting to do now. The men will need to leave Korea to find women because men are normally prioritized if they are the first child. Look at China 300 million more men than women. China finally figured out that men were dating other men because there were no women or escape China to find a women so they allow 3 children now. This is so serious and the government of Korea needs to gut everything. You need 2.1 children as a country to offset because things happen and you might lose a child which is just reality. Also Kdrama and KPOP is not helping all this mess. It might seem like it's helping but watching the Krama's I can see why no one has kids. Prioritizing education/work over family creates a more robotic society than a family oriented society.
I have heard other people from south Korea talking about the problem with this . Thank you for taking the time to break it down for us. This is heart breaking .
First thing first, are you married?
Not yet 😂
@@average_korean_man You will most likely stay unmarried and without children making shirtless videos and naked videos. Most woman with higher standards would be turned off by your unprofessionalism and presentation style on this kind of topic.
@@average_korean_man You will most likely stay unmarried and without children making shirtless videos and naked videos on such a serious topic. Super unprofessional. Most woman with higher standards would be turned off by your unprofessionalism and with your shirtless presentation style, especially on this kind of topic.
@@KP-de6td did he show any nip and I missed it?
He can't affect the birth rate by himself even if he makes 100 children with 10 women... Societal change is the ONLY solution.
Although it's good for him personally if he has a family.
Thank you for telling us about this situation.
Great video! Keep up the great informative videos. Love it. ❤
Thanks for your interesting content
Hello viewers, if you have an issue with him or how he does his videos just don't watch it.
I was interested in the topic but then couldn't watch the video after a few seconds because of the guy being shirtless and possibly fully naked. For all of you who think it's fine or appropriate to be naked while talking about low birth rates in South Korea, you must have very low standards.
@@KP-de6td it's normal smh people are born naked
@@KP-de6td No one forced you to watch! I don't have low standards YOU have a dirty mind.
@@KP-de6td I don't have low standards, you have dirty thoughts.
@@herz11Just because we're born naked doesn't mean we should be walking around naked or making UA-cam videos naked.
more boys than girls are born , normally 100 girls vs 105 - 108 boys depending on country ,
therefore without wars many countries modern countries have a shortage of young women ,
South Korea worked economic miracles and transformed one of the poorest countries into one of the richest. Now it needs to work a social miracle. How can you encourage young people to have children? This needs to become an urgent priority. But it is an economic issue as well. Having children needs to be affordable and workplaces and society in general need to redesign completely away from the attitudes and systems that were in place in the fifties and create absolutely family friendly, even family first, environments.
That's not enough... You need to design society such that young people WILL meet each other a lot as young adults, work with each other, and couples are able to start households around age 25.
Wherever lower birth rates exist, the move from agrarian to industrialized society is a key factor. Farm families typically had children because they were cheap labor and played an essential role in the family's economic success. As people gravitated toward cities, child labor was no longer needed. In fact, too many children were a financial burden. Parents therefore made an economically sound decision to have fewer children. In hindsight, the desire to rapidly push toward industrialization was too intense. The few that got rich paid more attention to their revenue stream but looked the other way when economic viability was threatened.
WHich is why i suggest a mass move OUT of the cities by the youth. SImilar to the Cottege Craft movement in the US a century ago. Build orchards, farmlands, specialty agriculture, etc.
@@ArielaShines Sounds good, but difficult to execute. The greedy rich are still driving government to spend big $$ on big cities, so where will the $$ come from to incentivize such a movement? Young folks don't have the $$ to lease property let alone buy. Unless seniors with savings grouped together to finance it, a huge shift in mindset would be required to make this movement happen. The greedy rich will resist, forcefully if necessary.
@@italiangm1 Reetirees or mid life changers from the USA might help. With enough capital it is possible to start with like an herb pfarm,and specialize, then do vertical an horizontal grown into other crops. Orchards though, that this an undertaking. Government grant maybe? Yes, corporations will probably fight it, but if it means more population, then they have an incentive to help, not pull back. Have to show the long term impact. Sejong City was a great idea just a few years before its time. Also, is a city model what is needed or a suburb model? So many questions. it would apply really to any industrialized nation with birth decline.
just had my first daughter, it's GREAT to have kids and besides a few tired nights, it's been 99% pure joy and the best thing that has ever happened to me. But I also married a traditional Asian woman. All my American friends from college (now around 35-40 years old) all go on about how they HATE kids, don't want to lose their beauty and how Trump is going to stop abortion so why even bother trying to have kids if they don't get to control exactly when it happens. it's NUT and they will regret it when they are older I am very sure of it.
Those numbers without man going to the wars…
Im my province, Québec in Canada, the birth rate has been as high as 38 or 39 per 1,000 women at the beginning of the 20th century is now 8,8 bitrths per 1,000 women.
I quess it must be the same in all industrialized and rich countries. In Africa, the birth rate in 2023 was 31.599 births per 1000 people.
C'était très clair avec le tableau blanc.
C'est choquant quand on fait les calculs (^.^;
Merci et bon courage!
Poland is facing a similiar problem the birthrate is at 1.33 here atm of writing this.
Great and informative video. I think it's important to look at the causes, which we all mainly know is cultural, societal and of course the economics. The massive technological advancements (of course the fear of AI replacing many jobs) also plays a huge part as by consequence creates a more introverted and anti-social society (people who are more likely to lock themselves in a room enjoying the fast internet while only go out to buy groceries or when needed, as well as being addicted to corn which limits their chances of meeting someone and increasing the birth rate). There's also the education sector, as we all know, Korea's education system is very very highly competitive (like most of East Asia) which results in high 'S' rates due to the rigorous and depressing setting (bullying, cyberbullying and high expectations from parents that burden the students) of most schools. You can search the statistics of all these factors yourself for a more thorough and in-depth research.
It's very interesting to see how completely different factors affect birth rates. South Korea is a mixture between a Confucian society and a Western society. It's easy to identify the many problems, but what are the solutions? 🤔
There are probably countless solutions but it all depends on if the government is willing to take the initiative (remember that governments never really do anything until it gets really really bad) as time is of the essence. I read somewhere that the Korean government is giving out passports to foreigners with stable incomes in hopes that they would live and marry a Korean man/woman, I want to hear your thoughts on this from a Korean perspective, do you think the government is doing the right thing? Do you think that Korea will lose it's homogeneity? Do you think it's ok as long as the foreigners are educated and come to Korea legally?
Blame global feminism and how HYPER materialistic women are over there on top of the stress men deal with.
Other countries use immigration to boost their numbers.
Also, at a point, North Korea may unite with South Korea.
okay, so 1) what is the death rate and is menopause coming later? I know menopaus in the US, the timing is getting later in life. So women in mid 50s can have children. 2) can you have a mass migration of youth out of cities, like a movement, to agriculture and farming sector, and repopulate SouthWest Korea? Orchards, fishing etc.
Have you considered playing Street Fighter II?
Sad fact and scary 😥
8:28 I don't know if I should say this, but DPRK and ROK are technically still at war even until today. But DPRK don't even need to fire a single bullet, just play a waiting game, and by the time of Kim Jong-Un's Grandson's time, DPRK would have won the war when the scenario of ROK being the "first country to disappear"
The life expectancy in DPRK is less than 60 and they have a serious population decline from bouts of famine and people unable to live a decent life with human fecal fertilizer, parasites, and diseases. So yeah, they are not better off at all. ROK just needs to have more babies and they will be golden. The conglomerates are going to have to bend to the needs of the nation or they will not last in the future.
Hi, I am Italian, we have a similar problem but not that serious. Thanks for making videos😊
I was visiting SK during the second week of June and the weather was very nice but a bit hot. Our tour guide told us about the birth rate. I thought it was interesting
Hello! I think what you’re describing here is the total fertility rate, and not the birth rate (which is usually measured per 1,000 population). I believe that both rates are declining throughout the world, though the causes may be varied.
Talking about birth rate half naked is awesome ! I'm dying 😂😂😂😂. I bet all the uptight morons are in heaven screaming and yelling about that... secretly disappointed not seeing more 😂😂😂. It was extremely interesting by the way !
Haha thank you for watching 😄
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Birth rate measures the number of births per 1,000 inhabitants in a certain period, typically per year. The fertility rate, on the other hand, refers to the average number of children that a woman of childbearing age (usually 15-49 years) has in the course of her life. South Korea is 5. in lowest birth rates, and 1. in lowest fertility rates. Best wishes from Austria, those rates/numbers are not much better here.
Can someone explain why this is an issue outside of there being less population? Wouldn’t less population mean less costs to run the country and perhaps more space for the population
There will be many problems. But I will give to one example. S.Korea has a population of 50 million and Seoul(the capital) has 10 million currently. Everybody wants to and tries to go to Seoul for work because all the jobs are centered in Seoul. So let's say the population of S.Korea became 20 million in the future. The population of Seoul will still be 10 million and the rest of the country will be empty.
@@average_korean_man Gotcha so It will be hard to maintain the country
@@average_korean_manbut there are many agricultural and fishing jobs the country still depends on in rural areas too. What will happen to those jobs?
It’s just my opinion korean men should try to marry foreigner
Goodbye my sweet Korea 😢
Why are you shirtless?
What is the government doing about this?
Silly stuff I guess🙄
But remember that current birthrates in europe are being overshadowed by the not natives
the way is to increase immigration and marriage with foreigners
If this goes on, NK will be able to waltz in without any resistence...
Their birth rate is just as grim and they have a really short life expectancy there.
sorry to hear that as this can become a crysis in the future in my country Pakistan its the opposite its overpopulated which is also not a good thing Pakistan is rank at 5 th place in top 10 most populous countries.
Hello, I heared about S.K birthrate news long back buf it is true. I am watching many korean content creater in youtube and insta. Many men and women in korea ar nearly reaching around 40 but no marriages happened to them if married but no kids yet. Thanks for sharing with us genuinely🤝💐
I would fit in there, I have 1 daughter lol!
It’s always interesting to see how the refusal of political leaders to actually SEE a problem in order to fix it causes the problem to get worse. We have the same lack of problem solving in the US.
Women here feel less and less safe or comfortable to have children here either. But because we continue to immigrate people, our population can still grow.
Korea does not have an easy path to residency or naturalization for non Koreans. So if Koreans aren’t making babies, there will just be no babies. There are options that can be taken to make the environment better for women, for families, and for workers, but it would take a shift in mindset and culture that I’m not sure the population would really go for.
This is also the same in the US. They could also make the environment better for women, for families, and for workers. But if it doesn’t make life better for Congress, they won’t make it happen. 😔
Was it your birthday? 🎂
I noticed that you said you were 33 years old. If that's the case, I congratulate you and wish you all the best.
Did I say that?? Sorry that was my mistake. I'm 32 😄
take the congratulations in advance😂😂😂
I was gonna be like bra wheres your clothes, then I realized you're literally presenting a chart on how your society is dying, so why would you care. Well done videos despite the lack of dress code.
the problem for the industrialized world seems to be how to get more buck for your bang...
Please make a hangout with the Japanese man
Most western countries supplement their birth rate with very high immigration levels. Much of this is driven by taxation reasons ie we import adult workers who can immediately contribute to the tax system. This enables social welfare to continue.
it's a very interesting topic. It relates to all the world as well as fertility rates are dropping fast and Elon Musk even said many years ago that the world's biggest problem is population decline. People do not realize it but while the population of the planet continue to grow to 11-12 billion by 2100, it's only because people are living longer so that is why the numbers are going up for now...but once the lag catches up, the population will decrease so rapidly it'll come like a thief in the night and the world won't realize it until it's already too late. But there is a different theory. By 2100, the world will have changed so much that we won't need many people anyways. Nations will turn into corporations and automation, ai, robotics, neural link/brain net, cloning, genetic factories will change everything and the world will function on just 1 or 2 billion or even less without a problem. But we are not there yet. It's going to be really bad for long time before it gets good. Halving the world's population is going to create chaos anarchy and disorder as systems fall and societies lose their footing but only for a while until we adapt the new world order which will not need many humans.
Are you going to get a VR set soon?
Askjapan?
I trust my maths with the East Asians. They don’t need calculators 😀
The style of this video seems very familiar...
I feel like this is a problem that can be solved overnight. Allow immigrants. Give tax breaks to new parents. Companies give good maternal leave to mothers.
But Koreans cannot give jobs to immigrants. Their newly grads students couldn't even land a job for themselves.
Wonder what the birth rate of North Korea is
I think the change would radicate in the fact that more moral and ethic values where shared in Korea in educational institutions, this would change the birth rate by far. And why is that? Well in kore most youngsters arround the age of 20 and 25 go and hang arround clubbing and have no manners with girls and the same goes for the girls, in fact if you count the body count of Korean women you would be shocked, they only have sex for pleasure and not for love/romance and function (wich is to make children). If ethic values where taught to them from an early age they would consider marriage even more in their late age and even would desire it. Something's gotta change!!! Much support from an Amazigh of North Africa my Korean brother!
Women aren't brood mares.
Don't blame only on women, blame the system.
@@vrishnisivakumaran1232 When did i say that, giving birth to a human beeing should never be forced on any woman, my point was that most of them are just hoes due to a high bodycount. Am i wrong in that?
In the birth rates, you cannot assume that girls and boys will be of equal number. There could be more girls than boys or the other way around. The stats assume that the births will be even, but that is not the case. So, it could even be less.
You should have looked at 2024 fertility rate of South Korea, its 0.68
why is he not wearing a shirt?
immigration might save the birth rate. the reason why the USA is almost 2 is because of immigration. also, the work life pressure is horrible with long hours.
That was funny and cute when you lost your train of thought. ㅋㅋ Also though your numbers are very abstract just to show how quickly population can decrease, you also have to factor in children who die before reaching reproductive age and people who physically cannot reproduce, which makes the numbers even more dire.
Most channels say the birth rate is low because of frigidity among men and women, then because of violence against women, but the Korean man lives in a patriarchal society.
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Don’t worry, mate. There will be lots of AI robots doing jobs, so after some time there will be universal income. This will create opportunities to have more kids. Also, in the US and Western nations, they are taking in lots of refugees and immigrants. They are even letting in illegal immigrants. You guys could do something similar as well. Japan has breeding visas; you guys could do something similar. You have to fear Kim Jong-un more than your population.
hello average korean man! can you tell me what's the real average salary in south korea?
5:49 아니요 Your population doesn't go down like that, women that give birth just don't suddenly die. 이상한 예문 이에요
7:00 Earlier you said that in 60 years your population will go down to 12.5% (200 -> 24) but here, numbers you have on paper says in 50 years you will have gone down to 44%. Why these numbers differ? Right, there is a 10 year difference but the difference is very large here and that 10 years can't account for the differences you show.
8:50 Expert says your population will go down to 40% in 75 years. 그차이들이랑 모르겠어요
I suggest most people don't really know what will happen. Japan went through the same thing, same fear on top of an economic crisis, result: Japan is still alive and kicking.
woah, almost sounds like women are important and valuable
Who knew?
What is the reason behind the low birthrate in korea?
Too much work, expensive raising kids & shy men.
The reason is because of men who can't bother putting on a shirt while making a video online is extremely unattractive and a huge turn off for normal women with standards.
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Maybe you should make the video in Korean so Koreans can understand since they're the ones who need to listen the most not Americans. 😂
Why do you assume that Americans are the ony ones that speak English??
There are many Korean people who have studied overseas & speak english, he could be talking to them.
You americans are so self absorbed.
@@charzemc lol you didn't understand
Try to compare it with India😂
It won’t disappear… you most likely will have to allow immigrates from other countries
That's how Britain tries to resolve this issue ( like in the 1930s ,during the great depression); then they blame the immigrants for their internal problems.
Yeah, it might happen, here in Poland they are taking in bangladeshi, ukrainians, pakistani to work hard labour at factories, etc. Nobody wants to take jobs there and the birth rate here is quite low. Koreans will have to take people from poorer countries to make up for work force eventually. Then people will get mad about migrants, because they're there to do jobs they don't wanna do, same old story.
There are sperm banks haha
Interesting topic, but why is your style of talking and using the whiteboard the same as the videos of the "50 year old average Japanese man"?
Why not?
Belgium has a birth rate of 1,60. So that is ok. What I see the last years is that there are more babies than before. I saw a big difference after COVID actually.
Is this man Korean or from Philippines? His English doesn't sound like Korean English.
Fully Korean 🤣 I've been to the Philippines once though
A surface area of Earth (without Antarctica) is 135 000 000 sq km. On Earth live 8 mld of people. Average density of population on Earth is 59 people/sq km. South Korea has density more than 500 people/sq km. It's almost ten times overpopulated. How do you know that current count of people of S.Korea is optimal (be worried its decline)?
hi bro,i want hear some sth about feminism truth,but i don know korean language,getting the whole info is limited,hope y can make a series of video about that!
I’m wondering if a taboo, shyness, uncomfortableness about s*x is a factor in S Korea’s low birth rate.
I only say this because there are many poorer countries that don’t have a low birth rate, or at least not as severe of one. Rationally it seems like there HAS to be more factors than just the cost of raising children that’s contributing to this.
People in every country have to make financial sacrifices to have children, so why are people in S Korea seemingly not willing to make those same sacrifices? Is the competitive nature of people in S Korea so important culturally that people are willing to risk never having children in order to “win” the competition?
This is a very interesting, but also tragic topic.
A lot of people think that everything has to be ready before getting married. Like the house, financial issues etc
@@average_korean_man
Yes, thank you so much, someone else explained that to me in another of your videos comments & it makes a lot more sense to me now.
Is it generally viewed more as a mans responsibility to ensure everything is in place prior to marriage? In the US people marry and work towards those things together.
OMG, did you forget to put on a shirt?
This guy will probably end up staying single and childless, because what normal woman with standards would find a man appealing or attractive who can't bother putting on a shirt and who thinks it's appropriate to make a shirtless video on the topic of South Korea's low birthrate problem. All the people defending him being shirtless are imo weirdos and have low standards.
The answer is immigration and becoming totally English friendly.
No it's not, that's a way to destroy the society. At least with a large elderly population the entitlement can be cut. Immigration is only a temporary solution and doesn't fix the issue
Whatever, the consequences will happen after us. It also will happen gradually, just a graduall population decline, nothing bad. It is definetly not on the brink of disappearance with the population of 50 million people it will require thousand years to dissappear. Yes, population would be poorer, definetely, but it will happen gradually and just instead of Korea need to invest in more promising countries. In Korea the poorer pop will become the more babies it will have. So all is balanced.
Likely well less than thousands of years.
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I find it hard to take you seriously because you are not dressed. This seems really odd to me. Even if it is hot you should understand your audience
dumbest comment of 24
Ridiculous comment.
Too many women in the workforce and materialism. Fix those 2 problems and the birthrate will go up.
Hi first of all it s weird you do your video topless ..second to increase birth rate it s obvious : reduce stress by reducing time of work , more holliday , let come some politec foreigner happy to learn your culture , change the mind set and next generation birth rate raise .
It's summer there and very hot. Who cares if he doesn't wear a shirt? Don't watch if it bothers you.
@@penelopepitstock I was interested in the topic but got super turned off by him being shirtless and couldn't get pass a few seconds. Also, it's hard to take him seriously because his shirtless presentation style makes him come across as being a weirdo and someone who lacks appropriate video presentation etiquette. And in my opinion, all the people defending his shirtlessness are weirdos too. If South Korean men are like this man, then it's no wonder no babies are being made, because his shirtless video is a huge turn-off.
@@KP-de6td I'm at home watching this video without a shirt on. He's at home making a video without a shirt on. Common point is we are both at home.
Please wear a shirt in your videos. Being shirtless is inappropriate.
It's summer there and very hot. Who cares if he doesn't wear a shirt? Don't watch if it bothers you.
He can do whatever he wants. It is his video.
Your comment is inappropriate. He is just fine like this
@@isorinimnida You must have low standards. What is so appropriate and "just fine" with being shirtless and possibly fully naked on UA-cam?
@@isorinimnida You must have low standards. What is so appropriate and "just fine" with being shirtless and possibly fully naked on UA-cam?