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South Korea in demographic crisis as many stop having babies

Yoo Young Yi and her husband Jo Jun Hwi watch their YouTube channel at their home in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, October 2, 2022. [AP photo]

Yoo Young Yi's grandmother gave birth to six children. Her mother birthed two. Yoo doesn't want any.

"My husband and I like babies so much ... but there are things that we'd have to sacrifice if we raised kids," said Yoo, a 30-year-old Seoul financial company employee. "So it's become a matter of choice between two things, and we've agreed to focus more on ourselves."

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