[The Independent reports](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/south-korean-official-expelled-suggesting-055647355.html): Kim Hee Soo, the governor of the southern Jindo county in South Jeolla province, was facing an uproar after his televised remarks last week triggered a diplomatic protest from Vietnam. Mr Kim was addressing a town hall meeting when he spoke about measures to address the country’s declining birth rate.
He said South Korea could “import young unmarried women” from places like Sri Lanka or Vietnam to be married off to “young men in rural areas”.
The Vietnamese embassy in Seoul issued a statement to condemn Mr Kim’s remarks, saying that his words were “not simply a matter of expression but a matter of values and attitudes towards migrant women and minority groups”.
tapeforpacking on
Wtf there is an official yahoo news account like that? WITH A MOTHERFUCKING CHECKMARK????
Reddit is done for. It truly has died when it went public.
solidgun1 on
If politicians just learn to STFU, they will have better chance at getting re-elected.
I wonder what kind of tariff he was thinking on this type of international trafficking…..
Leverkaas2516 on
> expelled …
… from his political party. Not from the country or his province.
Loose_Skill6641 on
Ironically China imports young women from SEA they just do it on the hush hush
UpsetAstronomer on
He wanna import some big booty Latina’s
AccomplishedAct4667 on
Are we talking waived immigration restrictions for people seeking marriage, outright mail order bride BS, or utterly insane ‘yarr, the Ironborn be takin their saltwives’ atrocities? None are things I’m entirely comfortable with but there is an uncomfortableness gradient.
Here I go actually having to read something…
bitemark01 on
For those who don’t know, South Korea is on a super accelerated path to societal collapse due to low birthrates and immigration:
Not saying what he said was justified, but they’re about to hit a huge problem very soon
kmoonster on
Or you could adjust policy / law to address the reasons people are either delaying having a family and/or not doing it at all.
Things like: work v time off, cost of living, pressure to advance quickly in careers, pressure to pursue post-graduate degrees as quickly and as long as possible, cost of childcare and related things…you know, stuff. You can do both, but only if you’re allowed the breathing room and a slightly relaxed timeline. The pressure to get ahead (and stay ahead) by the time you’re 30 runs counter to what you need in order to consider children in a responsible way in your 20s.
VordovKolnir on
There are ways to combat declining birthrates. But libs will absolutely fight against some while conservatives will fight against others. Banning birth control, encouraging immigration, fines on unmarried people, cracking down on homosexuality, banning condoms, banning abortions, banning certain chemicals that reduce virility and fertility… all of these will be fought tooth and nail by political parties.
Any logical solution to a declining birth rate problem will seem anathema to any westernized society.
iamclaramoreno on
This is deeply disturbing. Treating women as something to be imported to fix a demographic problem shows a complete failure to understand why birth rates are falling in the first place. If a society makes life unsustainable or unappealing for women, the solution isn’t to replace them it’s to address the structural issues driving people away from having children at all.
DonOfspades on
Is South Korea the most incel country in the world?
Dzotshen on
Mars needs women?
Rensku on
I mean… this has been happening in South Korea for a while now. Southeast Asian women marrying men in South Korea’s countryside. Not an insignificant amount of births in rural areas are from these “mixed race” marriages.
ContentAdvertising74 on
yay misogyny! and then 4B is “crazy” and all the other stuff that people claim them to be.
throwawaygaydude69 on
Honestly good, these consequences are important. People have become so porn brained that they have lost basic etiquettes.
darti_me on
This is an Ali G moment
Comedor_de_Golpistas on
The American-invaded part of Korea lacks the high morals of the true country
5pin05auru5 on
Why not just import a load of lovable himbos? More kids, more crap dad jokes. Everyone wins.
BrillsonHawk on
The west imports people to mask its issues with birth rates. Why is this any different to that?
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[The Independent reports](https://uk.news.yahoo.com/south-korean-official-expelled-suggesting-055647355.html): Kim Hee Soo, the governor of the southern Jindo county in South Jeolla province, was facing an uproar after his televised remarks last week triggered a diplomatic protest from Vietnam. Mr Kim was addressing a town hall meeting when he spoke about measures to address the country’s declining birth rate.
He said South Korea could “import young unmarried women” from places like Sri Lanka or Vietnam to be married off to “young men in rural areas”.
The Vietnamese embassy in Seoul issued a statement to condemn Mr Kim’s remarks, saying that his words were “not simply a matter of expression but a matter of values and attitudes towards migrant women and minority groups”.
Wtf there is an official yahoo news account like that? WITH A MOTHERFUCKING CHECKMARK????
Reddit is done for. It truly has died when it went public.
If politicians just learn to STFU, they will have better chance at getting re-elected.
I wonder what kind of tariff he was thinking on this type of international trafficking…..
> expelled …
… from his political party. Not from the country or his province.
Ironically China imports young women from SEA they just do it on the hush hush
He wanna import some big booty Latina’s
Are we talking waived immigration restrictions for people seeking marriage, outright mail order bride BS, or utterly insane ‘yarr, the Ironborn be takin their saltwives’ atrocities? None are things I’m entirely comfortable with but there is an uncomfortableness gradient.
Here I go actually having to read something…
For those who don’t know, South Korea is on a super accelerated path to societal collapse due to low birthrates and immigration:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ufmu1WD2TSk
Not saying what he said was justified, but they’re about to hit a huge problem very soon
Or you could adjust policy / law to address the reasons people are either delaying having a family and/or not doing it at all.
Things like: work v time off, cost of living, pressure to advance quickly in careers, pressure to pursue post-graduate degrees as quickly and as long as possible, cost of childcare and related things…you know, stuff. You can do both, but only if you’re allowed the breathing room and a slightly relaxed timeline. The pressure to get ahead (and stay ahead) by the time you’re 30 runs counter to what you need in order to consider children in a responsible way in your 20s.
There are ways to combat declining birthrates. But libs will absolutely fight against some while conservatives will fight against others. Banning birth control, encouraging immigration, fines on unmarried people, cracking down on homosexuality, banning condoms, banning abortions, banning certain chemicals that reduce virility and fertility… all of these will be fought tooth and nail by political parties.
Any logical solution to a declining birth rate problem will seem anathema to any westernized society.
This is deeply disturbing. Treating women as something to be imported to fix a demographic problem shows a complete failure to understand why birth rates are falling in the first place. If a society makes life unsustainable or unappealing for women, the solution isn’t to replace them it’s to address the structural issues driving people away from having children at all.
Is South Korea the most incel country in the world?
Mars needs women?
I mean… this has been happening in South Korea for a while now. Southeast Asian women marrying men in South Korea’s countryside. Not an insignificant amount of births in rural areas are from these “mixed race” marriages.
yay misogyny! and then 4B is “crazy” and all the other stuff that people claim them to be.
Honestly good, these consequences are important. People have become so porn brained that they have lost basic etiquettes.
This is an Ali G moment
The American-invaded part of Korea lacks the high morals of the true country
Why not just import a load of lovable himbos? More kids, more crap dad jokes. Everyone wins.
The west imports people to mask its issues with birth rates. Why is this any different to that?