South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol recently signed a policy called the "Birth Emergency Order" to address the country's declining birth rate. The policy includes measures such as providing financial subsidies to young couples, expanding parental leave and improving childcare facilities, aiming to stimulate an increase in fertility.

The extremely low birth rate not only affects the country's labor market and economic growth, but may also lead to the aging of the social structure and increase the demand for social welfare. Although the measures taken by the government may alleviate this problem in the short term, their long-term effects still need to be observed. At the same time, there is a conflict between the individual's desire to have children and the promotion of national policies. How to balance the relationship between the two is a question worth pondering.

This move by the South Korean government is a positive response to the current population problem, but it will take time to prove its effectiveness.