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Yoo Young Yi and her husband Jo Jun Hwi watch their YouTube channel at their home in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022. Many young people in South Korea have chosen not to marry or have children. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
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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