Korea's aging and population decline may have socioeconomic and environmental benefits.
In many countries, the media frequently portrays stable and declining populations due to demographic aging as a problem or crisis. Smaller populations make for more sustainable societies. Some environmental scientists argue that societies should embrace population aging and decrease, citing numerous reports on the socioeconomic and environmental benefits of population aging, mortality-related decrease, and shrinking workforces due to retirement, and arguing that, contrary to some economic ana