Comments by "" (@MarvinPowell1) on "Why South Korea is Literally Going Extinct" video.
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I'm an American living in South Korea and working as a teacher and can confirm this is all true. One thing not mentioned, that it'd be hard to find raw data on, is the fact that South Koreans are notoriously discriminatory, especially when it comes to choosing a partner. While most South Korean men are very flexible and willing to date almost anyone, South Korean women have standards almost higher than that of America and typically are only willing to date either successful Korean men, or successful, tall, white Western men (either American or Canadian.) That's it. Korean women don't even date Korean American men, for the most part, let alone non-Whites.
While there's some rare exceptions to the rule, most Korean women are very picky and expect a lot of wealth from whoever they date, regardless if they want to have kids or not. You could argue most of east Asia is like this. Again, this is something that's hard to quantify, but I assure you it's very much real. Hence, another reason why the birth rates are so low.
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