In Korea, more babies are born in places where chips are made
In Korea, the places where chips are made also happen to be where more children are born. “An obstetrician tells me everyone in this neighborhood has two or three kids,” said Shin Jung-won, 39, who has worked as a researcher at Samsung Electronics for 15 years. Due to give birth soon, she has a family plan shared by many residents in the neighborhood: to have two children. Shin lives in Dongtan…
In Korea, the places where semiconductor chips are manufactured also exhibit a higher rate of newborns. An obstetrician expressed that the locals in this neighborhood typically have two to three children each. Shin Jung-won, a 39-year-old researcher at Samsung Electronics for 15 years, is currently expecting a child and shares a common family plan with many residents to have two kids.
She resides in Dongtan District of Hwaseong Special City, a location she moved to three years ago due to its proximity to her workplace - a Samsung Electronics campus - and a young population filled with children. As Shin walked to a nearby department store, the mall was bustling with young parents carrying children, particularly on weekdays.
Even Shin was on parental leave at the time. Bonuses are a popular topic of conversation among her colleagues, according to Shin. While she is not part of the division that received substantial bonuses, she has overheard discussions among workers about plans to earn three billion won.
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