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Earlier this month, I had the pleasure of traveling to South Korea with my House Foreign Affairs Committee colleagues.

South Korea has broken its own record for the world's lowest fertility rate. Official figures released in November put the number of children a South Korean woman will have in her lifetime at just 0.79. As per OECD, for a country to ensure a stable population, the optimum fertility rate per woman must stand at 2.1 children in a lifetime. However, for South Korea, the number stands at not even half of the recommended rate. This presents challenges for the country, which faces a looming labour shortage to support its pension system and an ageing population.

The Korean Peninsula is in a pattern of tit-for-tat provocation, but what should we expect if North Korea conducts a 7th nuclear test?

Since the inauguration of President Yoon Suk Yeol four months ago, a shift in policy on North Korean human rights has taken place.

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