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Anna Kelsey-Sugg and Sarah Dingle for Sunday Extra

South Korea has the lowest fertility rate in the world. Are the social issues impacting women to blame?

South Korean women protesting hidden camera crime, which author Hawon Jung describes as an 'epidemic'. (Getty: Jean Chung/Stringer)

In what's being dubbed a "birth strike", South Korean women are having fewer children, with the country recording the lowest fertility rate in the world.

In an attempt to reverse the trend, the South Korean government is offering increased financial incentives for parents of infants and toddlers, as well as benefits for medical costs associated with pregnancy, infertility treatment and even dating.

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