Posted 12/4/2023, 9:05:24 AM
Kim Jong Un Calls for Efforts to Boost Falling Birthrates in North Korea
- Kim Jong Un calls for efforts to address North Korea's falling birthrates, describing it as "everyone's housekeeping" duty
- North Korea's fertility rate estimated at 1.8 births per woman as of 2023, down from previous decades
- Falling birthrates an issue across East Asia, with South Korea and Japan seeing ultra-low fertility rates
- North Korea has 25 million people and has faced food shortages, famine due to natural disasters damaging crops
- Kim thanks mothers for strengthening national power, says he thinks of them when dealing with difficult work