"Resolving the Population Problem" Family Festa, Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, 'Seonghwang'

[Anchor]
YTN's own low birth rate overcoming fair, "Family Festa Gyeongbuk Pohang," ended with great popularity.

More than 10,000 visitors, including prospective grooms and brides, as well as family-level visitors with young children, visited the venue.

Reporter Kim Geun-woo reports.

[Reporter]
Children who are excited about the musical performance dance.

The child sitting in front of the microphone reads the article sparingly and depicts his dream of becoming a journalist in the distant future.

Newlywed couples who visit the venue are interested in pregnancy and childcare policies and parenting methods.

[Choi Jeong-hyun / Heunghae-eup, Pohang-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do: There is a limit to the information you look for on the Internet, so we will come and see what kind of things are supported by childcare or Pohang-si..]

From marriage to pregnancy and childbirth, parenting and education.

The "Family Festa Gyeongbuk Pohang", a low birth rate overcoming exhibition that combines information and policies necessary for the composition and growth of families, was held successfully.

More than 100 booths from 60 companies participated and attracted 10,000 visitors.

The central government as well as the National Assembly came forward to promote policies such as child care, and promised to reflect policies by listening to citizens' voices.

[Lee In-seon / Chairman of the National Assembly's Gender Equality and Family Committee: Overall, we have a budget of about 1.7 trillion won, and most of it is now specifically supported by the budget for these families and low birthrates]

Gyeongsangbuk-do, which declared war with low birthrates, expected it to be an opportunity for a rebound in the fertility rate by expanding the contact point between related policies and residents.

[Lee Chul-woo / Governor of North Gyeongsang Province: By holding the fair, citizens and the people can form a consensus. "Oh, the problem of low birth is serious," so it helps to create a social atmosphere, and I hope to hold such a fair everywhere.]

The low birth rate problem that has emerged as a threat to the existence of our society.

Attention is focusing on whether this fair can be a starting point for a shift in awareness of population issues.

I'm Kim Geunwoo from YTN.


Filmmaker: Jeon Dae-woong