68% of South koreans: "South Korea's population must increase."
Additionally, 94% of South Koreans responded that population decline is a serious problem.
Why does this reaction occur?
To be exact, it's closer to the streets becoming less crowded.
This feeling seems to be due to the fact that offline crowds on the streets have decreased, unlike the media's fear mongering..
In the past, you had to go outside to buy clothes or go grocery shopping, but these days, that's not the case..
Starting in the 2000s when online shopping increased..
Recently, when bullet delivery and Coupang have surpassed offline stores, it has accelerated..
That's why, for example,, South Korea is a mountainous country, unlike England, which is a plain, and its population density is much higher than England's(The most densely populated country in Europe), but because of this, the streets are much less crowded.
In addition, since the government and the media are constantly fanning fears about population decline, people perceive it as if a huge disaster has struck.
so, people's perception of population is different, so unlike the British who complain about overpopulation, South Koreans tend to be quite concerned about population decline.