Not a baby factory - South Korea tries to fix demographic crisis with more gender equality

Lee Kyoung-min, a store manager at Lotte Mart and his wife Kim Mi-sung look at their baby son with their daughters at home in Seoul, South Korea, December 19, 2018. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - In just over a decade, South Korea has spent the equivalent of a small European economy trying to fix its demographic crisis, yet birthrates have dropped to the lowest in the world.

This year, President Moon Jae-In, who describes himself as a feminist president, is testing a new angle: showing women more respect.