In country with world’s lowest fertility rate, doubts creep in about wisdom of ‘no-kids zones’

[CNN Chris Lau, Gawon Bae, Jake Kwon and Nayoon Kim] (전략) By 2014, she says, no-kids zones had become a familiar sight, “most commonly in cafes but also in some restaurants and other businesses.” 

Over the years, the zones have grown in popularity, with a survey in 2021 by Hankook Research finding that more than 7 in 10 adults were in favor, and fewer than 2 in 10 against (the rest were undecided). 

And it is not only childless adults who back them. In South Korea, so widely acknowledged is the right to some peace and quiet that even many parents see the zones as reasonable and justified. (후략)

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