Korea's Changing Demographics

If you thought Seoul was already over populated, guess what it is going to get worse:

The government predicts more people will flock to live in greater Seoul in the coming years.

The Korea National Statistical Office released a report Tuesday that more than one in two people in the country will be living in the capital and surrounding Gyeonggi Province by 2011.

The census bureau also expects all provinces to have a "super-aged" demographic by the year 2030 with at least 20 percent of the population over the age of 65.

Great more people within North Korea artillery range.  You would think it would be in the interest of national security to reduce or at least stabilize the population in the Seoul area.  Here is another demographic concern for Korea listed in the article:

Also in the future, Korean men will likely have a harder time finding a wife with gender imbalance expected to rise.

This is nothing a few mail order brides from Vietnam and the Philippines couldn’t fix.