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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5721/A2.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='South Korea in Population Crisis as Many Stop Having Babies' data-article-id='6324'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='9979'>Many adults in South Korea have chosen either not to have children or not to marry. </span> <span data-start-time='9979' data-end-time='22646'>Similar things are happening in other developed countries, but many consider South Korea’s population crisis severe.</span> <span data-start-time='22646' data-end-time='35625'>A South Korean government agency announced in September that the total fertility rate reached 0.81 last year. </span> <span data-start-time='35625' data-end-time='46021'>The total fertility rate is the average number of babies born to each woman in their reproductive years. </span> <span data-start-time='46021' data-end-time='54625'>South Korea’s fertility rate has been the world’s lowest for three years now.</span> <span data-start-time='54625' data-end-time='61458'>The population decreased for the first time in 2021. </span> <span data-start-time='61458' data-end-time='67500'>It raised concerns for severe damage to the economy. </span> <span data-start-time='67500' data-end-time='85417'>Some observers expect labor shortages and high spending on retirement payments as the number of older people increases while the number of taxpayers decreases.</span> <span data-start-time='85417' data-end-time='96104'>President Yoon Suk Yeol has ordered policymakers to find better ways to deal with the problem. </span> <span data-start-time='96104' data-end-time='111646'>The fertility rate, he said, is still decreasing although South Korea spent $210 billion over the past 16 years to increase it.</span> <span data-start-time='111646' data-end-time='124104'>Many young South Koreans say that, unlike their parents and grandparents, they do not feel an obligation to have a family. </span> <span data-start-time='124104' data-end-time='139146'>Reasons some say for not having children include: a difficult job market, costly housing, inequality between the sexes, and social inequality.</span> <span data-start-time='139146' data-end-time='147875'>Some also say the high cost of raising children in a competitive society is a reason. </span> <span data-start-time='147875' data-end-time='157854'>Some women say men expect them to do much of the childcare while they face discrimination at work.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5721/which_of_the_following_was_not_listed_as_a_reason_young_south_koreans_are_not_having_children.wav'>Which of the following was not listed as a reason young South Koreans are not having children?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='avocado toast'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5721/avocado_toast.wav'><span>avocado toast</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5721/difficult_job_market.wav'><span>difficult job market</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5721/costly_housing.wav'><span>costly housing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/5721/inequality.wav'><span>inequality</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question 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