South Korea has tremendous structural and social challenges regarding having children. Regardless of what those are it's resulted in the lowest female participa

South Korea has tremendous structural and social challenges regarding having children. Regardless of what those are it's resulted in the lowest female participation rate in the OECD and among the highest child rearing costs. On top of it, being a child in South Korea is no picnic, with absolutely crushing educational requirements that would probably be illegal in the U.S. My prediction is that as the population shrinks, the existing physical educational infrastructure, especially in the larger cities, will help somewhat as the competition for educational resources won't be as intense. But there's still lots of cultural challenges in terms of the approach to education and in particular college admissions (as well as college acceptance in the workforce).