Importing Women? The Politics Behind a Birth Rate Crisis

Описание: In South Korea, the mayor of Jindo County recently suggested bringing women from abroad to address the country’s falling birth rate. The backlash was immediate, but the deeper issue goes beyond one comment.

South Korea has one of the lowest fertility rates in the world. But is demographic decline really about “supply” or about structural reform?

This episode examines demographic anxiety, rural marriage patterns, pronatalist policies in Hungary, China and Russia, and how women’s bodies often become central to public policy debates when governments face population pressure.

When demographic transition becomes a national concern, who is expected to adapt, the system or women?

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00:00 Importing Women? The Comment
00:48 South Korea’s Birth Rate Crisis
01:15 Is There a Shortage of Women?
01:50 Rural Marriage Patterns Explained
02:15 Framing Migration as a Demographic Correction
02:35 Structural Causes of Fertility Decline
03:40 Pronatalist Policies in Hungary, China and Russia
06:05 When Women Become Demographic Tools
07:01 The Bigger Global Question