All the women working at the firm were single or childless, she suddenly realised, and mostly below 40. LOWEST BIRTH RATEPark's case exemplifies why so many South Korean women are put off marriage and childbirth, pushing the country's birth rate -- one of the world's lowest -- ever further down. After fighting for about six months, she finally relented and offered her resignation, giving birth to a daughter a month later. Now nearly three-quarters of South Korean women aged 20-40 see marriage as unnecessary, an opinion poll by a financial magazine and a recruitment website showed. Seoul should first address "relentless sexual discrimination at work and the double burden of work and housechores" for women, it added.

Source: Daily Nation December 18, 2018 06:33 UTC