South Korea, and the value of every woman amid the birth rate crisis

Becky Hunter Kelm responds to a Korean official’s suggestion to “import foreign women” to address the nation’s declining birth rate, calling it a proposal that contradicts God’s heart for women and families. 

When South Korean official Kim Hee-soo recently suggested that the country ‘import young women from Vietnam or Sri Lanka’ to boost its birthrate, his proposal was met not only with outrage but also with his expulsion from his party. It was during a televised town hall meeting earlier this month that he made the suggestion, saying that women could be married off to ‘young men in rural areas’. Kim’s statement also caused public anger and protests from Vietnam.