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75% of young want to escape South Korean ‘Hell’
From afar, South Koreans might appear to be blessed among East Asians. Citizens of a prosperous democracy that has birthed a hero-to-zero national success story, world-beating corporate brands, a f…
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75% of young want to escape South Korean ‘Hell’
Does research reflect global middle class angst, a uniquely Korean malaise – or mere talk?
By ANDREW SALMON
DECEMBER 31, 2019
From afar, South Koreans might appear to be blessed among East Asians.
Citizens of a prosperous democracy that has birthed a hero-to-zero national success story, world-beating corporate brands, a futuristic infrastructure and the glitzy K-pop universe that is beloved across the region, they boast enviable looks, lifestyles and quality of life.
Up close, things look different. According to a recent survey of 5,000 persons, 75% of 19-34 year old natives of the world’s 11th richest nation want out.
The shock finding, reported in the popular Hankyoreh newspaper on December 29, was revealed at Korea Women’s Development Institute’s 119th Gender Equality Policy Forum, in a presentation titled “Diagnosis of Gender Conflicts from a Youth Standpoint and Suggested Policy Responses for an Inclusive State: A Gender Analysis of Fairness Perceptions.”
The survey found that 79.1% of young women and 72.1% of young men want to leave Korea, that 83.1% of young women and 78.4% of young men consider Korea “hell” and that 29.8% of young women and 34.1% of young men consider themselves “losers.”
Beyond gender differences, the survey suggests massive popular dissatisfaction with local life.
But does it demand that Seoul’s elite sit down and seriously ponder the Korean Dream? Or does it merely reflect superficial talk among youth who live decent lives and have no real intention of leaving?
‘Hell Joseon’
A catchphrase has become current among young Koreans in recent years to describe their country: “Hell Joseon” – “Joseon” being the name of a long-dead Korean kingdom. That phrase is being superseded by a new term, “Tal-Jo” – a pormanteau comprising “leave” and “Joseon,” which, vernacularly, might be best be translated as “Escape Hell.”
“As a joke, we call Korea ‘Hell Joseon,’ but there is another term called ‘Tal-Jo’ which we use a lot more than ‘Hell Joseon’ nowadays,” Park Ji-na, a 20-something Seoul undergraduate, told Asia Times. “Me and my friends just use this in conversation as joke, but if I had a good opportunity to go abroad and work, I would.”
Some say it is far from unique to Korea. “I think there is a middle class crisis in all wealthy countries,” Pae Hee-kyung, who runs an educational institute near Seoul, told Asia Times.
Across the developed, post-industrial world, middle classes are under perceived siege from falling living standards, evaporating opportunities and rising wealth inequality. These trends have arisen against the backdrop of a globalizing world that distributes capital and jobs away from customary centers of investment, manufacturing and related prosperities.
Some pundits posit that these issues explain Brexit in the UK, the election of Donald Trump in the US and the protests of young Hong Kongers.
Are South Koreans different?
For Korea, the transition from poverty to prosperity and the rise of the bourgeoisie has been shockingly fast: The country morphed from little-known agricultural backwater to global industrial powerhouse in just three decades. While Koreans from the mid-1960s to the mid-1990s could anticipate decent jobs and rising standards of living as growth rates surged, this is no longer the case.
“Here, if you look at your father’s generation, they had less in material terms but they had hopes that, every year, they would be paid more, that they could buy an apartment, and that the price would go up and they would feel a sense of achievement and wealth,” Daniel Tudor, author of Korea: The Impossible Country, told Asia Times.
That is no longer the case for two reasons.
Firstly, the South Korean economy has matured and growth has slowed from the high double digits to the low single digits. Secondly, the national growth locomotives – family-run conglomerates, such as Samsung, Hyundai and LG – have gone global and off-shored. With South Korea’s population now at a national high of 51 million persons, there are insufficient full-time, white-collar positions to absorb a highly educated populace.
Yet Korea’s unemployment statistics are hardly calamitous. According to World Bank data, between 1995 and 2017, unemployment only rose above 4% for three years – 1999, 2000 and 2001 ( in the wake of the Asia financial crisis). It stood at over 4% for the first eight months of 2019, but fell to 3.6% in November, according to data provider CEIC. The youth unemployment rate in South Korea averaged 7.19% from 1982 until 2019, according to Statistics Korea, but despite hitting a high of 11.7% in April this year, had dropped to 7.1% in October.
A related issue is property. Koreans have traditionally not invested in securities or financial products, preferring to sink their savings into homes – a trend exacerbated by the low-interest-rate era. The result: soaring house prices. Combine this with half the national population – some 24 million persons – living in and around the Seoul metropolitan area, and it is easy to understand why young Koreans think they will never be able to afford a home.
And there is one area where young Koreans sense a distinctly local injustice. In this neo-Confucian, fast-growth economy, education provides the key to success. The college entrance system, despite methodological criticisms, was widely assessed as being fair. Now, questions hang over that.
In recent years, the children of two prominent figures – Choi Soon-sil, the confidante of jailed ex-President Park Geun-hye, and Cho Kuk, a short-lived justice minister under the current Moon Jae-in administration – have been revealed to have enjoyed privileged access to top colleges. The cases have emerged from both sides of the political spectrum, suggesting a broad culture of elite entitlement.
Many feel a resultant bitterness.
Such privileged people “have a lot of money and are using that money to go to universities and their lives are very ensured,” said Park. “But however hard we work, we don’t even know if we will be able to buy a house – I don’t know how we can live in the future!”
Real concern or youth talk?
Clearly, the study’s findings reflect the talk of youth. How should they be analyzed?
According to the World Bank’s GINI co-efficient data, South Korea is a reasonable 31.6, compared with Japan at 32.1, the UK at 33.2 and the US at 41.5 – the higher the number, the graver the inequality – but author Tudor believes that Korea’s fast-track development trajectory has engendered acute sensitivities.
“I don’t think Korea is particularly unequal – it is quite middle class compared to other wealthy countries – but if you go back one or two generations, things were very equal: everyone had nothing.” he said. “When everyone has nothing you don’t feel poor, but now, even if you have quite a decent standard of living, you look at others around and you may feel, ‘Oh my god!’”
Pae, the educator, opines that the current young are not as badly served by their systems as they believe.
“In the Korean education system, there are lots of chances for scholarships; Korean higher education is a lot cheaper than abroad; and there are plenty of chances of working holidays – so there are lots of opportunities,” she said. “But millennials want to get out of this cycle.”
Another issue is a very notable national tendency to raise emotive voices.
“Since I have been living in Korea, people complain all the time,” said Tudor. “The president is terrible – whoever he or she is – and the economy is terrible or on the brink of a crisis – however good it may be.”
Even Park, the student, admits that she and her friends are not actually planning moves.
“I and my friends talk about leaving Korea, but in order for us to get jobs abroad we should at least have a doctor’s degree, or have certain qualifications like nurse or UX designer,” she said. “Me and my friends, who study liberal arts or business, though we say ‘Tal Jo’ – we can’t.”
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한류 열풍에 이어서 코로나 이후 그리고 현재까지의 K-방역... 그리고 땜빵정권에서 추진하고 있는 각종 법안들... 하나둘씩 풀고 있는 핀테크, 전자금융법 등을 포함한 4차산업 관련 내용들 ... ---> 한류와 더불어, 한국식 재벌의 지배구조하에서의 기업활동이 아닌 자기네 나라와 유사한 공정경제 시스템에 의한 리쇼어링
그리고, 코로나로 전세계가 셧다운에 들어가고 있는 상황에서도 진행하고 있는 소득주도 성장, 주 52시간제 확대, 탄력근로제... 등등... ---> 한류와 더불어 코리안 드림을 꿈꾸는 많은 외국인의 국내 유입
이 모든 것들은 포스트 코로나를 가정하고 진행되고 있는 것인데, K-방역에서 무너지게 된다면, 좀 어려울텐데... 이번주까지 코로나 확진자가 지속적으로 증가한다면 .... 곧, 강력한 K-방역을 시행하겠구나...흠...
일본의 법정 노동시간도 1주 40시간, 1일 8시간으로, 한국과 같다.한국의 현행 탄력근로제 단위 기간은 최장 3개월이지만, 일본은 1년이다. 일본도 단위 기간이 최장 3개월이었으나 1993년 1년으로 확대했다. 단위 기간의 1주 평균 노동시간이 40시간을 넘지 않으면 1주 40시간 이상 근무가 가능하다. 그러나 노동자 건강 보호를 위해 노동시간이 1주 52시간, 1일 10시간을 초과하면 안 된다. 탄력근로제 단위 기간이 1년일 경우 연장근로도 360시간까지 제한된다.
독일에서도 1일 노동시간이 8시간을 초과하면 안 된다. 1주 노동시간을 법에 명시하지는 않았지만, 일요일 근무를 금지하고 있어 연장근로가 없으면 1주 노동시간은 48시간(8시간×6일)으로 계산된다.독일은 탄력근로제에 관해서도 별도의 규정을 두고 있지 않으나 6개월 혹은 24주를 단위 기간으로 1주 평균 노동시간이 48시간을 초과하지 않으면 1일 10시간까지 근무할 수 있도록 하고 있다.
프랑스는 법정 노동시간이 1주 35시간이고 연장근로 한도는 1년에 220시간이다. 1일 노동시간은 10시간을 넘으면 안 된다. 프랑스에서는 2016년 법규 개정으로 산별 협약이 허용할 경우 탄력근로제 단위 기간이 최장 3년까지 가능해졌다. 그러나 실제로 탄력근로제 단위 기간을 3년으로 운영하는 사업장은 거의 없다.
영국은 1주 노동시간 한도가 연장근로를 포함해 48시간이다. 탄력근로제는 17주를 단위 기간으로 해 1주 평균 노동시간이 48시간을 초과하지 않게 하는 방식으로 운영하고 있다. 서비스업을 포함한 일부 업종은 단위 기간을 26주(6개월)로 늘릴 수 있고 단체협약 등을 통해 단위 기간을 52주(1년)로 할 수도 있다.
미국은 법정 노동시간이 1주 40시간이고 연장근로 한도 규정이 없어 단체협약으로 정하게 돼 있다. 초과근무시간에 대해서는 1.5배의 할증 임금을 준다. 52주의 노동시간을 합해 2천240시간을 넘지 않으면 1주 노동시간이 법정 노동시간을 초과해도 할증 임금을 지급하지 않아도 된다.
한류의 영향과 K-방역이 성공하게 된다면, 앞으로 수많은 외국인들이 코리안 드림을 꿈꾸면서 이주를 해 오지 않을까 한다. 이는 과거처럼 저임금 노동자들이 아니라, 소득수준 3만불 이상의 나라에서, 그래도 중산층으로 살아가던 많은 사람들이 국내로 유입되지 않을까 생각되어 지는데... 미국, 영국, 프랑스, 독일을 포함하여 수많은 국가에서의 한류에 영향을 받은 많은 사람들...
과거, 삼성 경제연구소에서 내어놓은 저출산, 고령화로 인한 한국은, 년간 500만명이상의 외국인을 받아 들여야 한다는 보고서가 생각이 나는구나... 물론, 그정도까지는 아니겠지만, 현재 한국으로의 이민을 생각하고 있는 수많은 외국인이 있다는것은 사실이지...
그리고 그 다음은 어떻게 되냐 하면...
그 다음은 어떻게 되냐하면...ㅋ | 시즌2--------/나의 이야기
indi 2020. 10. 4. 18:29
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그 다음은 어떻게 되냐하면...ㅋ
연휴 마지막날이니까, 그냥 막 떠들어보자... ㅋㅎ일단, 이 글은 상상력을 발휘해서 있을 법한 현실을 가상으로 그려낸 것이니까, 소설이라고 생각들 하고... 그리고, 이건 장기간에 걸쳐서 벌어
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어쨋거나 코로나는 적어도 이 나라에서는 타국에 비해서 눈에 띄도록 방역에 성공해야지만, 현 땜빵정권의 포스트 코로나가 실현될텐데... 과연 어떻게 될까... 그리고, 헬조선을 이야기하던 이들은 어떻게 될까? 이것도 궁금해지는구나...
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사기, 조작, 왜곡, 구라, 뻥질 금지..... 그리고 어떻게 되는지 볼려면, 극단적 선택도 금지... !!!
PS) 하도 BTS 이야기가 나오길래 ... ^^ 우리 젊은이들 잘하고 있구나... ㅎㅎㅎ
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