Posted 12/13/2023, 11:59:24 AM
Kim Warns of Population Crisis as North Korea Fertility Plummets
- Kim Jong-Un admitted North Korea faces a major population crisis that could threaten its economy and military
- The nation reported a fertility rate of just 1.8 in 2023 and total population of 26.2 million
- This represents a concerning decline that could lead to population shrinkage by 2034
- Kim made an appeal to women to increase birth rates at North Korea's first National Mothers Meeting in 11 years
- Experts say falling birth rates deprive North Korea of productive labor and military personnel it relies on