Shrinking number of males of enlistment age and low birth rates fuel concerns about national defence capabilities, report finds
Shrinking number of males of enlistment age and low birth rates fuel concerns about national defence capabilities, report finds
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World’s lowest birthrate leaves Seoul 50,000 troops short of maintaining defence readiness, report warns
SEOUL: South Korea’s military shrank by 20 percent in the past six years to 450,000 troops, largely due to a sharp drop in the…
The country, which has seen a sharp drop in the number of men of enlistment age, is one of the fastest ageing societies and has…
The writing has been on the wall for a long time: South Korea’s birth rate has dropped throughout much of the past decade,…
Its size has fallen below the 500,000 troops experts say are needed to handle a North Korean attack.
Investments in cutting-edge technology can only do so much to fill the void left by South Korea’s disappearing generation of…
