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?

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Answer 1

A korean friend told me that he thinks most of it is the ultra competitive education to job pipeline. It’s not a fun time and people don’t wanna make others go through it too.