纽约邮报 | 韩国真的没人生孩子了？

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South Korea has the world's lowest fertility rate, a struggle with lessons for us all 韩国是全球生育率最低的国家，这对我们所有人来说都值得警醒 Yun-Jeong Kim grew up imagining what her future family would look like — married with several kids, a nice home and a dog. 金允贞从小就幻想着自己未来家庭的样子——结婚生子，有一栋漂亮的房子和一条狗。 But when the lease on her apartment in Seoul, South Korea, became too much to afford, she found herself somewhere she'd never imagined: 31 years old and living back at home with her younger brother and their parents. 但是，当她在韩国首尔的公寓租金变得太贵而无法续租后，她发现一切并不是自己想象那样：31岁的她回到家中，与弟弟和父母住在一起。 Kim, a product designer and art instructor, calls her hopes of one day having children "just a fantasy" — especially now, when housing costs are soaring, the job market is oversaturated a ………………………………