Economics

The #NoMarriage Movement Is Adding to Korea’s Economic Woes

  • Government’s birthrate boosting policies seen as tone deaf
  • Thousands protest in Seoul to demand greater womens’ rights
South Korea’s #NoMarriage Movement Adding to Economic Woes
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Baeck Ha-na works in accounting during the week. On weekends, she’s a YouTube star in South Korea, promoting the “live-alone life.”

Baeck, whose YouTube channel in English is called “Solo-darity,” objects to being called a “mi-hon” -- someone who is not yet married. She’s part of a growing and determined group of Korean women rejecting marriage and motherhood.