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Gender Inequality Is a Risk for South Korea's Workforce

Women in their thirties drop out of the labor market in huge numbers
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Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

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South Korea is at a demographic tipping point that’s making it even more important to address the gender inequality that’s discouraging millions of women from working.

With the nation’s workforce projected to begin a steady decline after peaking this year, the gap between the labor force participation rate for women (53.1 percent) and men (74.5 percent), looks like a critical weak point for the economy.