With the total fertility rate last year at a record low of 0.78, the Office of the President plans to announce comprehensive measures against low births next month.

In order to raise the total fertility rate, which is the last among OECD countries, the plan is to scrap the existing measures that are ineffective and reestablish them with a focus on effectiveness.

A senior official of the Office of the President said in a press call today (24th) that "we plan to move away from the existing department store-style measures and focus on what works."

Measures such as "ensuring childcare working from home" are being discussed inside the President's Office.

In other words, various teleworking activation systems should be established, such as "morning teleworking" that takes into account children's and house hours and childcare environments.

Despite the government's 16-year budget of about 280 trillion won to deal with low births, the number of births has fallen below 10,25, half the level of 3 years ago, because it believes that the rigid working environment that makes it difficult to reconcile work and family has not solved the essential problem.

President Yoon Seok-yeol also pledged to guarantee "flexible working" when he was a presidential candidate, saying, "It is a way to give various incentives to companies that allow childcare to work from home."

A high-ranking official revealed, "In addition to the problem of low birth rates, there is a perception that measures should be taken properly for the aging society, which has not been taken much so far."

The President's Committee on Low Birth and Aging Society, which deliberates on cross-ministerial plans related to responding to population change, will also be given further strength.

The idea of President Yun, the chairman of the Low Birth Rate, personally presiding over the meeting in March is also a likely option.

The meeting is presided over by the Vice Chairman, who is usually a part-time minister, with the intention of highlighting his willingness to take care of himself.

When asked at a briefing yesterday whether President Yun would personally preside over the meeting of the Low Birth Rate, an official from the President's Office said, "A meeting of the Low Birth Rate Committee is scheduled. We're trying to get a little ahead of schedule so that we have time to review (the measures) comprehensively."

As the low birth rate committee has been embroiled in political controversy due to the departure of former Vice Chairman Na Kyung-won, it is the opinion of the President's Office that it will be urgently reorganized to respond to the population crisis.

As various policies such as jobs, education, medical care, pensions, and housing must be linked to countermeasures against low birth rates, there is also a recognition that the role of the "control tower" is important.