When Choi Yoon-seo became pregnant in 2020, South Korea paid her $500 — a reward for helping the country address its dire demographic crunch.
That year it hit its lowest fertility rate on record at 0.84 children per woman — the lowest in the world.
The government in Seoul has since increased the one-off pregnancy gift to around $1,700. But Choi said the idea that the payments would encourage her to have another baby was laughable.
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