A South Korean official was expelled from his political party for suggesting the country “import” Vietnamese and Sri Lankan women to boost the declining birth rate.
Kim Hee Soo, the governor of the southern Jindo county in South Jeolla province, was facing an uproar after his televised remarks last week triggered a diplomatic protest from Vietnam. Mr Kim was addressing a town hall meeting when he spoke about measures to address the country’s declining birth rate.
He said South Korea could “import young unmarried women” from places like Sri Lanka or Vietnam to be married off to “young men in rural areas".
Nope. I mean, they do have a racism problem; but the birthrate “problem” is economic, and the US is going the same way. When 75% of the population can’t afford to raise children, they’re going to try and not have children. Let alone the like 2.1 per couple average to keep things increasing.