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move over "cat ladies":
Sales of dog strollers in South Korea outstripped those of actual baby buggies last year. The country has the world’s lowest birth rate, at just 0.72 — barely one-third that needed to maintain the population. Half of South Korean women below 49 say they have no plans to have children. The number of dogs, meanwhile, jumped to a record high: There are now twice as many registered as in 2018, and sales of dog strollers have quadrupled in the last five years. The government is worried: One minister said young people are “not loving each other… instead they love their dogs.” The dogs may not all be on board: One man told The Wall Street Journal that his adult daughter bought a stroller, but “the dog keeps jumping out.”
https://www.wsj.com/world/asia/nation-low-birthrate-childlessness-dog-strollers-south-korea-e9778517 (paywalled)