Seoul police are investigating how a North Korean defector who fled south ended up back in the North. Appearing tearful in a North Korean television interview, Lim Ji-hyeon told viewers she had escaped a capitalist hell.
I’m in Canada, and honestly it’s not that much different here. Wages have not kept up with the cost of living. Housing is completely unaffordable, country has been largely deindustrialized, and prospects for the next generation are pretty grim. The mood isn’t as grim as in South Korea right now, but there’s a lot of social tension bubbling up to the surface after the pandemic.
I can talk about depressing things in Korea all day long, but I wouldn’t touch Canada with a 10ft poll. Everything from horrible public transport, to a population of complacency, to dysfunctional healthcare is just sad.
If I didn’t have a good career but still know what I know now, I would rather learn Mandarin and move to China than to Canada
I’m in Canada, and honestly it’s not that much different here. Wages have not kept up with the cost of living. Housing is completely unaffordable, country has been largely deindustrialized, and prospects for the next generation are pretty grim. The mood isn’t as grim as in South Korea right now, but there’s a lot of social tension bubbling up to the surface after the pandemic.
I can talk about depressing things in Korea all day long, but I wouldn’t touch Canada with a 10ft poll. Everything from horrible public transport, to a population of complacency, to dysfunctional healthcare is just sad.
If I didn’t have a good career but still know what I know now, I would rather learn Mandarin and move to China than to Canada
I’ve been learning Mandarin for the past half a year here. China would be my preferred place to live right now.