South Korean women turn away from marriage, motherhood amid money worries
39-year-old Kang Jung-hwa runs an international food wholesale business. She never planned not to have children, but the time just never felt right fighting her way up the corporate ladder in hyper-competitive South Korea.
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Vocabulary/Expressions:
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- corporate ladder - a series of increasingly important jobs that someone can do within a company
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- time bomb - a process causing a problem that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed
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- exacerbate - to make a bad situation worse
Questions:
1. Elucidate the real meaning of marriage as per the 39-year-old Kang Jung-hwa. Unveil the struggles she will likely face if she gets married.
2. Indicate the emerging traits displayed by some young South Korean women as they promote the idea of not getting married and not having children.
3. Share the views of YouTubers' Conner and Chung se-young regarding South Korea's paternalistic society. What could increase birthrate in their country?
4. Name some of the government's ongoing programs/activities to resolve the aforesaid issue. Are you for or against these strategies? Why?
5. What could be the best methods the government should implement to get couples to have more babies?
