South Korea's Population Faces Point of No Return

[1srelluc]

South Korea's population faces point of no return

The country has passed the U.N. threshold of a "super-aged society," with one in five of the population now aged over 65.

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One in five South Koreans is now aged 65 or older, the government said Tuesday.



The long-expected milestone officially makes the East Asian nation a "super-aged society," according to the United Nations benchmark, joining neighboring Japan, which passed the 20-percent threshold in 2006 and is likewise grappling with falling birth and marriage rates.

The long-term economic impact, coupled with a plummeting birth rate, have policymakers worried, and an increasingly desperate Seoul has this year announced a wave of regulations, and announced a new ministry to spearhead efforts to address the demographic crisis.

The proportion of South Koreans who are 65 or older stands at 10.24 million, local media cited the country's interior ministry as saying, making up 20 percent of the 51.22 million population and twice as many as in 2008. Among this age grouping, 5.69 million are women and 4.54 million men.

South Jeolla Province, the country's southernmost region, bears the distinction of the oldest major area, with 27 percent of its population being classified as elderly. Meanwhile, the de facto administrative capital of Sejong in central South Korea is the youngest with just 11.57 percent being elderly.

Send in the US Marines, they will have Best Korea repopulated in no time.

In Korea family ties means a great deal as well as racial purity......I guess they had enough of the Japanese breeding everything in sight as a Protectorate of Japan.....Come to that the Japs are in bad shape birth rate wise too.

I guess they would rather fizzle-out than allow 10 million Indians into Korea.

 

[egp320i]

it does not help that you are executed for watching a tv show outside of N.Korea, people are starving and I am sure disease is rampant

this is what isolation does

 

[Votto]

South Korea's population faces point of no return

The country has passed the U.N. threshold of a "super-aged society," with one in five of the population now aged over 65.

www.newsweek.com

One in five South Koreans is now aged 65 or older, the government said Tuesday.



The long-expected milestone officially makes the East Asian nation a "super-aged society," according to the United Nations benchmark, joining neighboring Japan, which passed the 20-percent threshold in 2006 and is likewise grappling with falling birth and marriage rates.

The long-term economic impact, coupled with a plummeting birth rate, have policymakers worried, and an increasingly desperate Seoul has this year announced a wave of regulations, and announced a new ministry to spearhead efforts to address the demographic crisis.

The proportion of South Koreans who are 65 or older stands at 10.24 million, local media cited the country's interior ministry as saying, making up 20 percent of the 51.22 million population and twice as many as in 2008. Among this age grouping, 5.69 million are women and 4.54 million men.

South Jeolla Province, the country's southernmost region, bears the distinction of the oldest major area, with 27 percent of its population being classified as elderly. Meanwhile, the de facto administrative capital of Sejong in central South Korea is the youngest with just 11.57 percent being elderly.

Send in the US Marines, they will have Best Korea repopulated in no time.

In Korea family ties means a great deal as well as racial purity......I guess they had enough of the Japanese breeding everything in sight as a Protectorate of Japan.....Come to that the Japs are in bad shape birth rate wise too.

I guess they would rather fizzle-out than allow 10 million Indians into Korea.

Abortion in South Korea - Wikipedia

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South Korea embraced abortion, no resrictions.

They just don't have enough poor illegal immigrants flooding in to replace them like they do in the US.

 

[ESay]

They have plenty of the North Koreans to fix the problem.

 

[egp320i]

the south has some major big tech so they better start populating then or they will won't have any workers

 

[Monk-Eye]

" Proponents Of Population Gluttony Reject Carrying Capacity Limits For Closed Systems "

* Enough Is Good Except For Defense Against Vagrants *

I guess they would rather fizzle-out than allow 10 million Indians into Korea.

Are peoples from india also koreans ?

Are Europe And The US Expected To Reflect Proportions Of The Global Demographic When The Left Wing Is Through With Them ?

" Are Europe And The US Expected To Reflect Proportions Of The Global Demographic When The Left Wing Is Through With Them ? " * Motivations For Reverse Racism * Add up the total number of individuals around the world according to race and which proportion of the global demographic does each...

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[1srelluc]

" Proponents Of Population Gluttony Reject Carrying Capacity Limits For Closed Systems "

* Enough Is Good Except For Defense Against Vagrants *

Are peoples from india also koreans ?

Are Europe And The US Expected To Reflect Proportions Of The Global Demographic When The Left Wing Is Through With Them ?

" Are Europe And The US Expected To Reflect Proportions Of The Global Demographic When The Left Wing Is Through With Them ? " * Motivations For Reverse Racism * Add up the total number of individuals around the world according to race and which proportion of the global demographic does each...

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Every country has a right to self-determination....Till they step on another country's toes in doing so.

 

[JoeB131]

Send in the US Marines, they will have Best Korea repopulated in no time.


In Korea family ties means a great deal as well as racial purity......I guess they had enough of the Japanese breeding everything in sight as a Protectorate of Japan.....Come to that the Japs are in bad shape birth rate wise too.

I guess they would rather fizzle-out than allow 10 million Indians into Korea.

Actually, there is a big market in S. Korea for Filipina Mail Order Brides.

South Korea embraced abortion, no resrictions.

They just don't have enough poor illegal immigrants flooding in to replace them like they do in the US.

YOu say that like it's a bad thing.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

South Korea's population faces point of no return

The country has passed the U.N. threshold of a "super-aged society," with one in five of the population now aged over 65.

www.newsweek.com

One in five South Koreans is now aged 65 or older, the government said Tuesday.



The long-expected milestone officially makes the East Asian nation a "super-aged society," according to the United Nations benchmark, joining neighboring Japan, which passed the 20-percent threshold in 2006 and is likewise grappling with falling birth and marriage rates.

The long-term economic impact, coupled with a plummeting birth rate, have policymakers worried, and an increasingly desperate Seoul has this year announced a wave of regulations, and announced a new ministry to spearhead efforts to address the demographic crisis.

The proportion of South Koreans who are 65 or older stands at 10.24 million, local media cited the country's interior ministry as saying, making up 20 percent of the 51.22 million population and twice as many as in 2008. Among this age grouping, 5.69 million are women and 4.54 million men.

South Jeolla Province, the country's southernmost region, bears the distinction of the oldest major area, with 27 percent of its population being classified as elderly. Meanwhile, the de facto administrative capital of Sejong in central South Korea is the youngest with just 11.57 percent being elderly.

Send in the US Marines, they will have Best Korea repopulated in no time.

In Korea family ties means a great deal as well as racial purity......I guess they had enough of the Japanese breeding everything in sight as a Protectorate of Japan.....Come to that the Japs are in bad shape birth rate wise too.

I guess they would rather fizzle-out than allow 10 million Indians into Korea.

Let in ten million indians and Korea would no longer be Korean.

 

[JoeB131]

One in five South Koreans is now aged 65 or older, the government said Tuesday.

I guess they would rather fizzle-out than allow 10 million Indians into Korea.

Or they could just admit a bunch of Filipinos...

The Phillippines have a fertility rate of 2.72 per woman.

 

[ThirdTerm]

The proportion of South Koreans who are 65 or older stands at 10.24 million, local media cited the country's interior ministry as saying, making up 20 percent of the 51.22 million population and twice as many as in 2008. Among this age grouping, 5.69 million are women and 4.54 million men.

Compared to Japan, South Korea has a decent population structure. Japan has 10 percent more of those aged 65 or older. The declining birth rate and aging population is a common problem in Asia but Japan is coping well without importing too many foreign workers.



Japanese aged 65 or older now account for nearly 30 percent of the population, government data shows. Japan's elderly population has hit a record high of 36.25 million people, with those aged 65 or older now accounting for almost one-third of Japanese, according to government data.

Japan’s elderly population rises to record 36.25 million

Japanese aged 65 or older now account for nearly 30 percent of the population, government data shows.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[braalian]

I keep hearing about this doomsday demographic scenario for certain European and East Asian countries.

Have yet to see any societies collapse or economies implode.

When I was a little kid, I remember everyone going on and on and on about how the world population was growing so fast, there wouldn’t be enough space or resources by the time we were adults.

That didn’t happen either.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

 

[Woodznutz]

Send in Roger the Lodger.

 

[MarathonMike]

I blame sissy K-Pop boy bands.

 

[Unkotare]

Initforme will be along shortly to say "So what? It doesn't matter. Nothing to worry about" for the 10000000000th time.

 

[Deplorable Yankee]

I will Make the sacrifice and volunteer my clean pure blood sperm

 

[Woodznutz]

I keep hearing about this doomsday demographic scenario for certain European and East Asian countries.

Have yet to see any societies collapse or economies implode.

When I was a little kid, I remember everyone going on and on and on about how the world population was growing so fast, there wouldn’t be enough space or resources by the time we were adults.

That didn’t happen either.

I’ll believe it when I see it.

There are too many poor as it is. Fewer people, more stuff for each.