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.
Everything in this article is very true from what I’ve seen.
Most young people feel like they’re in a hopeless hell (but I personally admire how hard working everyone is despite this)
Nobody wants to have a kid here, since 1 they can’t support it, and 2 they don’t want the kid to go through this
People can’t find career-oriented jobs, so they slave 10-12 hour days at odds and ends places
Big name Korean companies are moving overseas
The rich conglomerate families are disgusting levels above the average class
If you don’t own property, you will never own property
Nobody is having kids, people are grim about the future of Korean culture and language. For those who don’t speak English, it’s like everything you know will cease to exist in a few decades
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
This is another interesting insight into what life in South Korea is actually like https://asiatimes.com/2019/12/75-of-young-want-to-escape-south-korean-hell/
Everything in this article is very true from what I’ve seen.
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.