[Column] "Hell Joseon" -- a country where sleepless toil brings no mobility
S. Korea’s young have coined a term that describes their lack of hope in a society controlled by hereditary elites
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S. Korea’s young have coined a term that describes their lack of hope in a society controlled by hereditary elites
There are two Koreas. I am not talking about the North and the South. I am talking about the two contrasting narratives about Korean society, one positive, another negative.
South Korea is often held up as a model of modern technological capitalism. But daily life for many South Koreans is much harsher than the glossy image projected by its popular culture.
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CLARK, Philippines - Younger Koreans, particularly those in their 20s and 30s, struggle to find a connection between themselves and the unification of the two Koreas. They were born in the 1980s or afterward when Korea was already rising to become one of Asia's economic powerhouses and their grandparents, who were born before the Korean War and may have left their families behind in the North, have already passed away. Having no immediate family members or relatives who are from the North, younger South Koreans find it hard to take interest in unification.