eli5: why is South Korea’s birth rate falling harder than other developed countries?

Question

I’ve read some explanations for their falling birth rate. What I don’t understand is, other developed countries also have those problems, their birth rates are low as well, but why are they not as low as SK’s?

In: 2587

Answer 1

Contrary to American pop culture, South Korea is not actually a fun place to live. It’s crazy expensive to have a kid, and once you do the chances that they kill themselves over academic pressure is pretty high.