This issue tracks the South Korean government's expansion and reorganization of the former Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy into the Population Strategy Committee, as well as the development of a long-term national population strategy. It covers not only low birth rates and aging, but also regional population imbalances, migration, changes in household composition, employment, housing, and care.
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With the Framework Act on Population Strategy taking effect, the former Presidential Committee on Ageing Society and Population Policy was expanded and reorganized into the Population Strategy Committee. The government broadened the scope of population policy beyond low birth rates and aging to include regional population imbalances, changes in household structures, and population mobility.
At a meeting with senior secretaries and aides, President Lee Jae Myung called for a population policy framework that addresses not only birth rates and aging, but also balanced regional development, changing family structures, youth employment, and work–family balance.