[서울=뉴시스] Reporter Cho Soo-jeong = President Yoon Seok-yeol is answering questions from reporters at a press conference marking the second anniversary of his inauguration held at the Presidential Office Building in Yongsan, Seoul on the 9th. 2024.05.09. [email protected]
[서울=뉴시스]Reporter Han Eun-jin = President Yoon Seok-yeol announced on the 9th, “We will establish a new government department called ‘Low Birth Response Planning Department’ and take on the role of control tower for the low birth rate issue.”
President Yoon met with reporters at the ‘Public report and press conference on the second year of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration’ held at the Yongsan Presidential Office this morning. This is the first free-form press conference in 631 days since August 2022.
President Yoon said, “The low birth rate issue is not something we can take time to address, it is almost a national emergency,” and added, “I plan to establish a low birth rate response planning department and assume the role of a very aggressive and powerful control tower.”
He said, “I think it is important to entrust the Minister of Low Birth Rate Response Planning with the position of Deputy Prime Minister for Social Affairs and promote effective policies at a rapid pace.”
He continued, “The most important thing in resolving the low birth rate problem is creating conditions in which children can be raised well,” and emphasized, “Efforts to change not only economic and social policies but also our consciousness and culture of life must be pursued in parallel.” did.
President Yoon added, “It is a well-established theory that (population) is concentrated excessively in the metropolitan area and is driven into excessive and reckless competition, resulting in a neglect of family values, which ultimately becomes a cultural factor in low birth rates.”
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