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Re:Taiwan Is Running Low on a Strategic Asset: Engineers by floxy on Thursday May 11, 2023 @06:36PM (#35909283)
I wonder when the population of South Korea (55 million) will fall to the level of North Korea (25 million).
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Re:Taiwan Is Running Low on a Strategic Asset: Engineers by justrealist on Thursday May 11, 2023 @11:44PM (#35911627)
The "effective" population will equalize much faster. SK has extremely high longevity, which is a success, but it means that 9 million of those are already de-facto out of the workforce and are a liability, not an (economic or military) asset.

North Korea has really low longevity, which is bad, but it means that more of those 25 million are young.

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Re:Taiwan Is Running Low on a Strategic Asset: Engineers by renewiltord on Friday May 12, 2023 @01:46AM (#35912384)
SK only has some 3 million fighting age men. And every year more age out than age in.

That's all that matters to the border in the end. Doomed nation without changing course.

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Re:Taiwan Is Running Low on a Strategic Asset: Engineers by kwere on Friday May 12, 2023 @06:27AM (#35914284)
time to enlist women to make korean feminists happy
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