Controversial televised remarks spark diplomatic protest from Vietnam

A South Korean official was expelled from his political party for suggesting the country “import” Vietnamese and Sri Lankan women to boost the declining birth rate.

Kim Hee Soo, the governor of the southern Jindo county in South Jeolla province, was facing an uproar after his televised remarks last week triggered a diplomatic protest from Vietnam. Mr Kim was addressing a town hall meeting when he spoke about measures to address the country’s declining birth rate.

He said South Korea could “import young unmarried women” from places like Sri Lanka or Vietnam to be married off to “young men in rural areas".

  • EndlessNightmare@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 days ago

    If your idea of a fix is importing a constant supply of people (most immigrants going to any country don’t tend to show up wealthy either, I might add) to keep up the status quo, you’re running on a broken system.

    In contrast to expecting population to grow ad infinitum?

    If you build your economic system as a pyramid scheme, you are building in failure.