The NoMarriage movement is adding to SouthKorea economic woes
SEOUL - Ms Baeck Ha-na works in accounting during the week. On weekends, she's a YouTube star in South Korea, promoting the"live-alone life."
Ms Baeck and her YouTube co-host maintain that the government's current approach infuriates many women. They argue that the latest efforts to boost birthrates are"abusive" and"frustrating" because they fail to address the lack of legal avenues to ensure career development for mothers or alleviating financial burdens in raising children.
South Korea's government is reacting by offering incentives to encourage marriage and especially parenthood. South Korea's President Moon Jae-in launched a committee in December 2017 to tackle the country's low birth rate, called the Presidential Committee on Aging Society and Population Policy. The Seoul Education Office announced earlier this year that it expects to close three elementary and middle schools by next February, while another middle school is closing and combining its campus with an elementary school that is also facing a student shortage.
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