South Korea is currently facing one of the most severe declines in birth rates worldwide, prompting the government to seek comprehensive solutions
Correspondent, Soul, South Korea
South Korea is currently facing one of the most severe declines in birth rates worldwide, prompting the government to seek comprehensive solutions. Japan, which has addressed the issue of low birth rates and aging population earlier than Korea, and China and Vietnam, which are experiencing rapid economic growth and a subsequent decline in birth rates, are also investing significant national resources to reverse this trend.
As South Korea, China, Japan, and Vietnam are actively addressing the low birth rate crisis, we aim to: a. Create a platform to diagnose the causes of the birth rate crisis, predict future trends, and share policy directions. b. Invite experts from each country to participate in an international seminar on “Exploring the Causes and Solutions to Low Birth Rates in Asia” to be held at the National Assembly of Korea, both online and offline.
Next Month in Korea, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the launch of the Tax and Finance Newspaper, an international seminar on causes of low birth rates in Asia will be hold on November 7, 2024.
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The international seminar has varied participants such as members of Korea’s government committees on low birth rates, heads of local governments in Korea who are actively addressing population decline, Korean business leaders implementing extraordinary incentives to encourage childbirth and experts who could highlight this issue in Korea and abroad. The goal is to diagnose and discuss trends and prospects regarding the low birth rate issue in Korea.
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The seminar goal is to diagnose the causes of the low birth rate crisis in Asian countries with the most serious birth rate crisis in the world, including Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, North Korea, and Russia, and to seek future predictions and policy directions. Invited experts from each country online and offline will discuss the topic of the causes of the low birth rate in Asia and ways to overcome it.
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Leaders of international organizations (ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Institute, AMRO) that have been conducting research on low birth rates in Asia, the chairperson of a committee directly under the president of Korea, and journalists specializing in low birth rates gathered to discuss diagnosis, trends, and policy directions for the low birth rate problem in Asia.
Participants of the seminar includes Mr. Allen Ng leads the Regional Surveillance group, which is responsible for the annual ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook and related updates. He also leads a team of economists in conducting macroeconomic and financial system surveillance on Thailand, currently AMRO Group Leader, Chairperson Kwak Geum-joo, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Seoul National University, Lee Dong-gi , Director, Tax Training Institute, Korea Tax Accountants Association (Certified Tax Accountant, International Tax Specialist), Jiu Weibo, People’s Daily Online, China, Seoul Branch Manager, Mikito Matsuda, Japan (Professor of Economics, Komazawa University) Pham Minh Luy, Vietnam, (Professor, National Academy of Regional Politics, Ho Chi Minh City), Park So-hye, NK, Visiting Research Fellow, Institute of Far Eastern Studies, Kyungnam University (Doctor of North Korean Studies), Maria Dimentova, Russia, Chief of the Seoul Bureau, RIA Novosti and Ashraf Dali, Egypt , Secretary General, Congress of African Journalists (CAJ).
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