North Korean state media published a special report that welcomed three three-tropies – a rare moment of positivity in the middle of which analysts believe they are a permanent demographic decline in a tourist country.
Newsweek He reached out with the North Korean Embassy in China by email with the comment request.
Why is it important
North Korean authorities do not regularly disclose population figures. The United Nations Assessments based on records published in the past decades shall place the country fertility rate to 1.78 born per woman last year – below 2.1 thresholds required for population maintenance.
It is greater than the fertility rate of southern Korea, Japan and China, which are already jumping to adapt to their constant population. However, international sanctions within the Nuclear Weapons of Kim Jong UN lined the country of 26 million many types of advanced automated machines and left more relying on handmade from neighbors east.
What to know
Three boys were born in February on Kim Hyang Mi, Resident of Tokchon City, whose husband, Kim IL, works in the local coal miner, towards the state Korean Central News Agency.
After learning, she is pregnant with a triple, Kim was transferred to Pjongyang Mail, where she allegedly received the best care.
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The weight of one of the newborns was only 1.18 kg (4 kilograms) – the cause of concern. All three now weigh over 4 kg (£ 8.8) and are considered healthy, according to the report. Were discarded from the hospital on Monday.
The scope of medical assistance that is given to Kim and Troika signals the seriousness with which the authorities take declining nativity.
The announcement follows September Radio Free Asia that the authorities have punished doctors to perform secret abortions and buries on market suppliers who sell contraceptives.
While the government has made some efforts to improve their youngest citizens in recent years – such as the mandate of free dairy-human rights, including local sources, including children, including the misdemeanor-commissioned.
On Saturday, the regime published the images of the celebrated event, which is celebrated by International Children’s Day, which critics saw as an attempt to escape to control the International Human Rights Record.
What do people say
Yin-Jin Choi, a professor at the University of South Korea, wrote in March Report for Outlet focused in north Korea 38 north: North Korea is expected to be entered into a aging company, with more than 14 percent of their population 65 or more than 2025. Years.
“If these trends continue, North Korea will probably face a vicious cycle in which the small gender rate and older population will cause further decline in economic vitality, which in turn will be further exacerbated by the low rate of birth rate and aging.”
What’s next
This trend can also take care of Kim as his army, the fourth largest in the world, with approximately 30 percent of the population that serves in active or spare roles, in the middle of tension with the south in Ugo.
2025-06-04 16:30:00
