Why Koreans want to be single (8 photos)
How can South Korea compete with Japan? Alone, definitely. 40% of Koreans aged 20 to 30 have given up dating altogether. As in Japan, there is a flourishing "sampo generation" who have given up three things: dating, marriage and children. 
It is quite surprising to see such things in Asian culture, where there is a strong influence of Confucian culture, in which marriage and procreation are extremely important. And marriage is a social responsibility. 
Love dramas are very popular, but everyone there is beautiful and lives in beautiful apartments, while Koreans are not...
"Marriage package"
The biggest disadvantage of an Asian marriage is that you are marrying the whole family.
When a girl gets married, she literally becomes a servant of her husband's parents. And the economic situation is such that she needs to work constantly, and not be a housewife. So, if you need a child, you will have to ask to look after him and pick up at least your relatives from the kindergarten, and it turns out that you always owe them and they reproach you for this when you work hard and work as a maid in the evening. 
Do you think we have a painful issue of mother-in-law? Here in Korea it's TEMISCHHA
No adequate woman would want to live like that. Previously, a girl could take care of her family and at least not work, but the economic situation no longer allows such a luxury.
Statistics speak about this as clearly as possible. In 1970, only 1.4% of women aged 30 to 34 had never been married. In 2010, this percentage increased to almost 30%. This is a 20-fold increase in the number of singles! 
The older generation calls this selfishness and individualism, hypocritically not noticing that at one time they were required to play only one role, and not several at the same time.
Overwork culture
There is nothing wrong with Confucian respect for family and traditional family as long as everyone respects each other and values work. But Korea no longer fits this philosophy purely economically! 
But in South Korea there is a very big cult of couples - dressing the same, doing everything together, it’s a little suffocating
Economic instability in the country is growing, graduates are less and less able to find a permanent job with good pay. Compare - the French work 500 hours less per year than the average Korean! 500! It is logical that the French have time for family.
It was easy to assume that the birth rate would fall. But no one could guess what SO. South Korea has the lowest birth rate in the world, less than Japan. 
For every child in Korea there are now 10 adult relatives, the beloved is growing
Countries need about 2.1 children per woman to maintain their population. In Korea, the average number of births per woman in 2016 was slightly above one. That is, yes, while the nation is slowly dying out if nothing changes.
What is the South Korean government doing?
He is trying to resolve the issue, but very weakly and toothlessly. The South Korean government has decided to dim the lights in its offices (whoever they can force, government agencies) at 19:00 and shorten the work week, hoping to encourage young people to go on dates again. 
In South Korea you can’t leave before your boss, it’s a shame, but here it’s also just like in Japan
This is already a poultice for the dead; Koreans will spend this free time on rest and games. They still cannot afford a family, much less a wife who will not work to look after the child, in such an economy.
What should South Korea do? It seems to me that their gloss, expensive cars and plastic are too advertised. They need to show an ordinary inexpensive life, and not a complete luxury, as in their dramas. 
In drama, people rarely live like this, but Koreans do
Because Koreans are embarrassed to live an ordinary normal life and consider themselves poorer than they really are.
