【ASA配送】縮む韓国 苦悩のゆくえ｜Shrinking South Korea: Whereabouts of the Anguish
Shrinking Korea: Where the Agony Goes
Super low birthrate, aging society, immigration, unipolar concentration
By Asahi Shimbun Reporting Team
ISBN: 9784022953179
Price: 990 yen (tax included)
Release date: May 13, 2025
New book size, parallel pages, 256 pages New book 1003
The birthrate is declining and the population is aging at a faster rate than in Japan.
The country is facing various problems such as “abnormal competition for entrance examinations,” “elderly people in poverty,” “increasing number of illegal aliens,” and "hyper-concentration in the metropolitan area and decline in the rural areas.
However, even under such circumstances, there are people in Korea who have hope. How do they perceive these difficulties and how are they trying to overcome them?
This is a full-length report by the Asahi Shimbun's reporting team, which has been following South Korea for many years. The problems in South Korea are not just fires on the other side of the river for Japan.
縮む韓国 苦悩のゆくえ
超少子高齢化、移民、一極集中
朝日新聞取材班 著
ISBN：9784022953179
定価：990円（税込）
発売日：2025年5月13日
新書判並製 256ページ 新書1003
日本以上の速度で少子高齢化が進む韓国。
「異常な受験競争」「貧困に陥る高齢者」「増加する不法滞在者」「首都圏の超一極集中と地方の衰退」など様々な問題に直面している。
しかし、そんな状況でも希望を持っている韓国の人々はいる。彼らはこの困難をどう捉え、乗り越えようとしているのか。
長年、韓国を追い続けた朝日新聞取材班による渾身のルポ。韓国の問題は日本にとって対岸の火事ではない。
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