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South Korea in demographic crisis as many stop having babies

Yoo Young Yi's grandmother gave birth to six children. but there are things that we'd have to sacrifice if we raised kids,” said Ms. Yoo, a 30-year-old Seoul financial company employee. There are many like Ms. Yoo in South Korea who have chosen either not to have children or not to marry.South Korea's statistics agency announced that the total fertility rate— the average number of babies born to each woman in their reproductive years— was 0.81 last year.