South Korea society is moving toward a western style demographic population

1. Description:

The rapid process of demographic transition in Korea has brought about the increase of both the absolute number and the prposition of elderly.also, Korea has already experinced large decline in fertility and mortality.

2. Enablers

- Increasing working woman.

- developing medical technology

3. Inhibitors

Korean goverment launched a full- scale national family planning program in1962

4.Paradigms

- The average life expectancy for South Koreans was calculated at 72.8 years for men in 2001 and 80 years for women, up 5.1 years and 4.1 years from a decade before, according to the National Statistical Office (NSO).

- Low fertility and population aging has affected the size and proportion of the working age population. So retirement system is important not only for the elderly but also for controlling the problem labor shrotage. So retirement system is important not only for the elderly but also for controlling the problem labor shrotage in order to fill up the labor shortage in the future, Korean government should provide more opportunity female participation in the labor force, and adopt a new immigration policy which accept significant , especially for the supplement of the labor shortage.

- population aging requires adaptation to the problem of long term care of the elderly.