South Koreans Kim Eun-ha and Park Cho-hyeon would like to get married and have children, a plan that fits in with government ambitions to boost the world’s lowest fertility rate.
While campaigns to legalize same-sex marriage have succeeded in Taiwan and Thailand, there is no legal acknowledgment of LGBT partnerships in South Korea and many couples are forced to move abroad if they want to get married or have a baby. South Korea has spent billions of dollars to try to stop its population from shrinking, as concerns about career advancement and the financial cost of raising children drive many South Korean women to delay childbirth or not have children at all.“If we become a society where people don’t have to worry about health care, education, labour and aging, everyone will want to have more children,” Kim said.