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They are not so different at all. Both run on command economies, both consider their citizens serfs and both are still using a clan system. The only different is, that the North has one major clan, the south has like 5-10ish.
@@bennyksmusicalworld968 Or you are just waay to indoctrinated so see it. Would it change your thinking if I'd say big corps instead of clans? Bc the 5-10 big corps aka clans definitely has MASSIVE impact on Korean society.
As a gyopo it's almost scary to see third graders exiting extracurriculars at 9pm, and I barely see kids ages 13 to 16 on the streets, because they're all studying, thanks for shedding some light on this distopia.
I was forced to do this by white parents in the west but i was defo not the norm. Fell into severe depression. Now imagine a countey where all parents and institutions are like that to the kids, like my crazy mom side of family(dad's was nuts too but in different way). Absolutely logical that their youth is flying off high story buildings. Sorry for sounding insensitive but i was gonna suicide many times before j stopped myself. This type of stressful upbringing kills a child's drive for life young.
As someone who tutored kids in South Korea, I can confirm that that is indeed your typical 3rd grader rofllmao. The difficulty of their high school math exams is beyond godlike. Me as a kid would have failed out in 5th grade if I was a student there. It's probably much harder to get into Seoul National University as a student in the Korean system than it is for us to get into top end Ivy League schools. It's so ridiculously hyper competitive.
The math part is overhyped. I imagine Singaporean high schools have the hardest tests on average (whatever that means lol) but it’s all in the range of understandable. Saying godlike etc is bs it’s public high schools not math Olympiad. You are just cIapped at math my friend.
@@Polo-rn8ly If it was evenly distributed throughout the world it's not a bad thing, but a country having too few people to provide for a large elderly population is blatantly a problem.
Currently, Korea is experiencing the biggest problem with the extreme congestion of the capital(Seoul). However, because there are no jobs, no young people want to go to other areas, and companies are headquartered only in Seoul, and no one wants to go to other areas. As a result, house prices in Seoul are rising and competition for jobs is getting fiercer. Who would want to have a baby in such an intensely competitive atmosphere? Universities: 'All' competitive universities are located in Seoul. Korea has risen because of Seoul, but Korea is falling apart because of Seoul. The wage gap between large companies and small and medium-sized companies is so large that the social atmosphere is encouraged for those working for small and medium-sized companies to feel inferior for life. And only 10% of people enter large companies.
US is not interested in Korea anymore it is not important for them geopolitically that is why u r facing this crisis, US controls the worlds finance earlier it was very important because communism capitalism fighting Russia China now not so more. US has managed to engineer the gender divide using media and do Christian conversion which will ensure the country cannot be rallied using single ideology or objective as it now has controls over certain factions this will ensure even in future SK is not a threat. No country in recent history has become rich without the US needing them to be rich be it Japan, Germany, Taiwan.
Korea is 1000x worse but i see that in my home country of Bulgaria. Sofia the capital for a wage, comparable to the west and still times lower. But Sofia is the closest to bare minimum. Rest of country is a sinking ship. But no infrastructure and opportunities to keep the kids in shitty areas and they move out logically. And housing prices are like quarter million us dollars for a building built during communism.
And yes only the richest in Sofia live like a comfy german. 90% dont know if they, their kids or old parents will die by shit hospital, horrible car culture, no law so chance your killer might be safe if he is the right person. So 90% are manipulated to hate the 5% and are miserable. And institutions want it that way.
When i said 1000x worse i mean we are too poor for late stage capitalism no offence to korea they are more developed than my country in east europe my english is just shit so i sound rude when i dont mean to be.
I've been in Korea for 2 years now. I've always felt this underlying stress everywhare that is growing like a ticking bomb. Everyone feels it. but choose to ignore. I decided to leave Korea on the second day I slept in. It didn't get any better with the time. No expat I know feels like home here. Finally I graduated and I'm moving to Finland. I have got nothing against Korean people but I guess it's the system that is cooking everyone alive like a pressure cooker.
@@BBB-kb1op I have already moved to Finland. Yes as you said Korea is not for me. I am Happier, healthier, more social and more productive now than I was in Korea.
Sad to hear there seems to be no solution to solving this. My own mom, who is the most positive and hard working person I know, admitted that the economic inequality situation is terrible and it's hard for her own business to go anywhere
Solution is encouraging immigration from lower income south east asian countries, and labour reforms... Surely there will be no devastating social and cultural consequences right??? Surely asian cultures are very inclusive and not racist guys!! :D
@@otaviobettega2492 the problem is nearly all of Asia has low birth rates. IIRC Indonesia's birthrate is barely above replacement, India's is at replacement, and Iran's is well below replacement.
As a 25-year-old Korean, this video is quite accurate. UA-cam, numerous dramas and movies show Korean fantasies, but the reality is different. The conflict between men and women has reached its peak, and the older generation promotes generational conflict by giving them the nickname of the "MZ generation" that we don't even want. Not a few young Koreans, including myself, are pessimistic about their lives and have little excitement. So we're only looking for stimulation and we want to forget about the dark future. "Miracles on the Han River" is also a thing of the past. The older generation is destroying what our ancestors have created by greed, and we are ruining it by giving up. In every way, Korea is definitely in crisis. Thank you for making such a detailed video.
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Why are corean so racist and xenophobic? i mean, if they didn’t wanted to have foreigners they shouldn’t have made so many marchendising about themselves to export around the world.
@@Fishboi64 The more i know about South Korea, the more i think that North Koreans (the people) aren't that bad as a society. Sure, they have authoritarian leaders and sufer the USA sanction, but as a society they seam just normal people. The obsession of south koreans with material possesion, "succes" even if its fake, sexism, racism, xenophobia, violence as well as their obsession to be white is just scary and quite disgusting.
I lived in Korea for 5 years as a Korean who grew up in the west. It's absolutely brutal there. I left because I saw no hope for my future if I kept living there. There is no respite. Only brutal competition every single day of your life, struggling to get ahead of your competition who are also working their ass off for the exact same goals that you are. Kids? You'll be living under the poverty line if you have too many, and because of the unstable employment due to the economy being dependant on exports, it's just... So hard to even think of having kids. I feel terribly guilty for having left, if I could contribute to Korea I would but how can I make a difference when all the decisions are made by people who are so high up in their ivory tower they can't even see me? I just have a heavy heart:(
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But there is hope Since Korea has excellent human resources as a result of hardening education, it is now necessary to pursue the active use of talent in the right place and in the right place. In addition, the elderly poverty and the suicide rate of the elderly should be carefully approached as policy works It is ironic that the elderly employment rate is the number one in the OECD and the elderly poverty rate is also the number one. And what are Korea's advantages for Korea to develop further? Know this accurately and improve the disadvantages while maximizing the advantages. There are side effects of compressed growth, but as Korea has grown rapidly, citizens' consciousness and political system have developed to some extent The following data may be helpful in training Korea. The best rankings should be maximized and supplemented. According to the British Economist's democracy index, Korea is ranked 16th out of 167 countries surveyed by 2021, higher than Japan, Austria, the United States and France. Next, the Public Integrity Index, which objectively measures corruption in a society, shows that Korea is higher than Japan and Belgium among 117 countries surveyed (out of 200 countries), 18 mandates similar to Luxembourg and Costa Rica The data is published annually by the European Centre for Anti-Corruption Capabilities. As of 2022, Korea is ranked 43rd out of 180 countries surveyed. It is similar to the 42nd ranked US, 58th ranked Japan, 72nd ranked Italy and Israel. Last year, it was higher than Taiwan and the United States. However, the ranking of media credibility is close to the bottom of major countries with the US and France According to the data evaluating the competitiveness of the cultural field, Korea ranked second in the world in the soft power ranking announced by Monocle of Germany And in the data released by the UK agency, 19th place between Balgie and Ireland! The country's credit rating is third in the world (higher than the US and UK), and the innovation index, which assesses how innovative a country is, is announced separately by the European Union and Bloomberg Communications. R & D spending is the No. 1 OECD and e-government competitiveness is the No. 1 OECD Next, let's look at how mature the society is (including civic consciousness) and how the quality of life is measured. According to the Social Development Index, which shows how advanced society is, Korea is higher than the US, Singapore, Italy, UK and Israel by 2021, and 16th place similar to Belgium and Luxembourg In detail, it ranked 5th in personal safety, 5th in health and welfare, 1st in information and communication accessibility, and 1st in higher education accessibility among 200 countries. It is ranked 19th in nutrition and medical support, 26th in water and sanitation facilities, 25th in individual rights, 30th in individual freedom and choice, 32nd in residential environment, and 26th in basic knowledge accessibility. These are also high, but it is a little ambiguous to say good? The environment is 80 delegates due to the neighboring country (details are brought as of 2020) According to the Human Development Index, which assesses the development level of the people based on average life expectancy, education level, per capita income, etc., Korea was higher than Luxembourg in Europe in 2020 and 19th in the last year Britain was ranked 18th and Austria, the US, Spain, Italy and France were ranked lower than South Korea This data is published annually by the United Nations Organization. There is a separate ranking of human development indexes that reflect inequality. Based on this data, Korea ranked 21st higher than other developed countries such as France, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel In the 2021 World's Best Country Rankings released by US News, Korea ranked 15th among Norway, Denmark, Italy and Finland among 200 countries In detail, it ranked 18th in quality of life, 8th in dynamism, 6th in innovation, 7th in cultural influence, 5th in entrepreneurship In terms of quality of life, public education development is 74, economic stability is 85, job quality is 64, public health system is 55.7 However, family stability and price stability are low, and animal rights are only 18 out of 100 points. In addition, in the OECD Better Life Index, Korea is ranked 28th overall in 2020 (out of 37 countries). In detail, it is ranked 5th in housing quality and accessibility, 2nd in citizen participation, 11th in education and technology, 17th in quality and availability, and 14th in social equality Income is 22nd and safety is 24th, which is normal (recently rising to 11th) In the questionnaire survey on health, which is a subjective item here, the response is very negative, so the overall ranking is not high The Vulnerable Country Index, which shows how stable a country is in many areas, shows that Korea is in a very stable group with France and Belgium, and is higher than the stable group with the United States and Britain This data shows that the criteria for calculation are power struggle, social division, illegal election, minority suppression, recession, manpower outflow, development imbalance, education, public transportation, security, infrastructure, health, religious freedom and civil liberties, Other human rights, establishment and practice of the rule of law, population stability, national credit rating, etc. Finally, let's look at materials that are difficult to categorize as specific items. According to the Economic Freedom Index, which measures how economic freedom and legal stability are guaranteed, Korea ranked 27th among 177 countries between Sweden, Norway and Malaysia in 2016 It is currently ranked 25th, higher than Japan, which ranked 30th, and France, which ranked 64th.
One funny thing is that Chaebols, the large conglomerates, are actually the ones that follow the labor laws, provide tons of benefits for its workers and have better work life balance because they are filthy rich and can afford to provide those to their workers. It's actually the small, medium sized companies that work with Chaebols who have it the worst. They are not part of those conglomerates so they not only get paid worse, but they have to work overtime to meet the deadline the conglomerates have set for them, leading their workers to work till death
Shocked to see I hadn't subscribed yet (saying this as I'm subscribing). Man, your content is so good. I love your sense of humor and the way you present geopolitics in a joking, but highly informative way is just gold.
The reason S. Korea imports so much oil is not for its own consumption, but because there are many world-class oil refining and chemical companies in South Korea. They import crude oil, process it and export it again. Of course, the Korean Peninsula is a very barren land where not even 1 mL of oil is produced, so oil must be imported for survival.
As Korean, I'm very surprised you have researched really well about S.Korea. Young ppl like me still wants to live in Seoul since it is very difficult to find a job elsewhere (Of course there are works to do in other places but the salary isn't that good). So, the price of real estate is sky rocketing in Seoul which makes difficult for young ppl to get a proper place to live. Due to such problem, more and more youngsters give up getting married or even if they get married, they rather choose not to have a child because having a child costs a lot either.
do you recommend going to Korea for studies? i'm from Russia and education system here is terrible, especially in the field I want to study but it's somewhat developed in Korea and scholarship program by Korean government has good terms
@@lonnybloo after some months I was also planning to go to Korea for studies but after this I don't know if I should .... The Korean education is very hard I guess I don't wanna study 24 hrs
You forgot to mention that South Korea has a elderly homeless crisis as well as they don’t really have social security. So in conjunction with the current economic woes of the youths, S. Korea is going to become a nation of homeless old people.
what sucks about aouth korea as well is our education system. now i HATE it when peoplw bring up satistics as if that means shit, like cool were all edcuated but what are we educated is far diffrent then how many peple have education. we are basically groomed our entire lives to serve these chaebwols and so everyone has and will fight for the same god damn job of who gets to lick the boots of one of these companys and it just leaves no room for any value in work or lide in general. eveeything is crafyed from basically all these monoplys that are litterly running the country
@@dotdotdotdotdotdotdottod and if you don’t secure a job with one, you will be working some back alley job that will only cover your basic needs for your entire life until you physically cannot work anymore and then wind up homeless. Women won’t date you if you don’t have one of these jobs Your parents will disown you if you choose anything that becomes a burden for them/ they didn’t choose for you And its worse for men because at least women have the option of whoring themselves out at a Juicy Bar to some soldier/ rich fuck in Gangnam, where they may get lucky and marry the simp. The only lottery system like that that exists for men is in Squid Game.
@@dotdotdotdotdotdotdottod wont that lead to more emigration from Korea? No well paying jobs? Time to go. Korean diaspora will definitely grow in the coming years.
Social security is a secondary issue, the problem is with those elderly not having a family to take care of them. Its the family's job not the government's
Korea is over. The birth rate is now around 0.6, but it's only the beginning. Currently, there are 0.38 in some districts of Seoul and 0.31 in Busan. Korea is just a country that is over and quickly appears and disappears.
the explainations are concise and accurate. the national animals and MS paint subtitles are hilarious AF. Love your content, man. Keep up the good work.
The problem with SK is something I called "new economic power syndrome." When you grows up too fast and having a reliable allies but most/all of them aren't from your region. Countries like SK, UAE, Qatar fell for this condition. The mentalities when they were developing countries are there while having developed economy. It boost their ego and basically raised systemic discrimination in their countries either racism towards different developing country or generation gap mindset between young Gen and elder of the country.
@@Serching4JerryGarcia china have better treatment for developing countries through their belt and road initiative, despite massive debt trap propaganda from western countries more and more developing countries, especially on africa are joining in to the project. China wants to make as many allies as possible because they already have many geopolitical rivals
@@faiq026 the truth is that the Belt and Road Initiative hasn't been working out like they thought it would. Alot of countries who got involved are experiencing buyer's remorse. The people of those nations are not happy that their governments leaders are using the opportunity to do shady underhanded deals while China just looks away. Then there's the fact of indigenous groups who are negatively effected by the construction and development as well.
It's not at all comparable to petrol states like the Gulf States or any states basing their economies solely off of natural resources, its economy is actually a legitimate one and you're making a false equivalence. Demographic collapse is a problem that will be plaguing most of the world in the near future and we still aren't certain of what its effects will be. For all we know it could be reversed relatively quickly, it's stupid to look at a chart that's attempting to predict the future and take it as fact.
Ok I've watched many of these short economic UA-camrs, and only recently discovered this channel, but am now comfortable saying hoser is a straight up analytical and comedic genius
As a Brit in my late twenties trying to build a life here, I can not stress how accurate this video is. The decreasing aging population due to the wealth divide is also the most palatable - most of my friends have completely given up on the prospect of having children or getting married because we literally don't even have time to exist. I work 10 - 7pm, but in reality I get up at 8 and I get home at 8, by which time I'm already exhausted, so my evenings are spent doing next to nothing. (And I know 8am is a late start to some but I have chronic insomnia so it's usually 4 hours of sleep for me, which just adds to how utterly exhausted I am when I get home.) Even if you aren't exhausted when you get home, realistically your finances limit what you can even do in the evening. If you live at home, then you likely sign up for gym or a hobby-related club activity, but you'll be nagged about why you aren't saving to afford the exorbitantly high housing costs so you can move out and get married. If you do happen to live alone, a good chunk of your wages (about 50% for me personally) will go on rent alone, then there's living expenses, savings, if you want to take any classes so you can get a job that pays you a few extra bucks a day but ultimately makes no difference to your living situation. I love Korea and I am grateful for the life I've built for myself here, the people are kind and culture is beautiful, but there are a LOT of economic problems. Teens, 20s and 30s are all giving up on 'enjoying life' or planning for bleak futures and are living more in the moment because they don't believe that hard work alone will get you anywhere. You'll also see that's why Korean has the largest national % of UA-camrs with over 1 mil subs - many are realizing that the only way to break out of this system is to earn internationally and work for themselves using opportunities like UA-cam where they can see that enough hard work pays off. I myself am planning to transition to fully freelance next year and try to diversify my income streams because even being highly qualified, I can not find a job with decent pay, and I have even more factors working against me as a non-Korean.
World govts are colluding together at the expense of their own citizens to usher in new world order aka antichrist beast system. Cash will be obsolete. One world digital currency is coming soon.
@@mrobocop1666 And get less money? Nah man, it's the point of capitalism. Complain all they want but as long as they reap it's benefits, aka money, they'll keep sowing more of it.
Not quite, it's a lot more complicated than that. There a little something called productivity growth(which is the main thing to counteract aging population) which as it so happens korea has one of the highest rates of in any developed country + potential for even more. This definitely won't completely solve the crisis but it will be more than enough to maintain good living conditions and ok economic growth. As for dependency ratio, the national pension isn't estimated to run out until 2070. The reason for this is that it is currently running on excess and has been for a long time cuz not that many people are using it as of now(ofc the downside of this is the massive elderly poverty rate). Plus the current rate of tax contribution toward it is way below average and if the government decides to increase it by even 5%(which is still cheaper than most other developed nations), it won't ever run out.
@@eatinsomtin9984 I disagree. As population shrinks, wages will go up again, and with increased space in the cities people will have kids again. The issue is making sure the country survives whilst the population shrinks, which will be easier said than done. But just because demographics is one way today it won't mean it'll be like this forever. People in the 1900s were saying the Earth was going to overpopulate, and they were obviously wrong.
@@garden3818 no proof of people having more kids when there are less people in a city. Space is not the primarily problem, it’s mostly about their values, religion and economy. Also, wages will not go up and their is no proof of that, if young people are having to pay a lot pre for the old and their not enough people to be working jobs, then how exactly does that increase wages?
Thank you for sharing this video. As a Korean I am literally amused by how you understood and explained the deep rooted problems of the Korean society. I have lived my entire life in Korea until 27, and just flew to US for higher education. And I can feel marriage and having kids in US is much more conceivable than back in the days in Korea where I felt those are hard to afford and felt like a difficult step. The divided classisms in Korea is what makes youngsters miserable and drag them down. And unless the rotten politicians who only fight for their seats get extracted, bright future for Korea would never ever be perceivable. 😂
Could you tell me about the lives in the US? Though I'm considering moving to somewhere else, I worry about high expenses for living and education compared to salaries.
@@dev-playing-gtLife in the US more so as an Asian American living in the Bay Area is pretty alright (I never faced discrimination because there is a strong Asian presence from where I live) however the US can be very expensive if you choose to reside in California especially Los Angeles or any Silicon Valley Cities!! I really wouldn’t recommend living here because college education can also be very expensive (such as USC tuition) depending on which college you go to but if you are financially well-off I would recommend living in a city that is regarded as safe and not cities like Oakland or San Francisco lol.
@@dev-playing-gtAlso, the opportunities given in the Bay Area are also amazing. My High School offered optional AM/PM classes or after school courses through a CTE School which give certifications and first-hand knowledge ahead on what field / course you chose to take. I personally chose a cybersecurity course which also gave me college credit and my CTE teacher who worked on that field for 20+ years previously taught at Berkeley and Stanford so the quality of education is nice too.
Didn't these ''naysayers'' has been talking ''hidden crisis'' for the 75 years????? !!!😏😏😏 Slice and dice it all you want, still Korea is 1,000 better than the rest of your countries and only going stronger, lol !!!🔥🔥🔥
Haha i’m korean this video is so accurate, by the way the birth rates even lower now (0.7) and 0.5 for seoul which is just so horrible. Im an highschooler and the pressure we get is like probably unimaginable for the rest of the world, if you heard how late at night we go to bed you’d be surprised.
@@haplol7267We are not seeking success. We need to study 15 hours a day to get a good grade and go to a good university through the CSAT. Nevertheless, an average of 75 percent of them are employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, with the average house price of 1 billion won in Korea, young people with an average annual salary of 30 million won have to work for about 30 years. This is why they have to study harder than 15 hours to get a better job at a conglomerate. We have neither tourism nor natural resources like Europe nor natural resources like Saudi Arabia and Russia. This does not mean that we will not slow down growth through human resources, as long as we do not grow like Central Asia, because we may be invaded again by China or Japan.
As a Korean who already flew the f out of my home country and has lived in Canada, I'd say you are right on every subject. Fun to visit, definitely not to live in. It hurts watching things getting only worse there 😢
If you are young and just getting started, I think you can get a lot more job opportunities abroad for the same amount of effort. If you have a good amount of money saved up for retirement, South Korea is a great place to live (fast delivery, good transportation, fast government workers/services, good internet, good facilities and sports programs for the elderly, easily accessible medical care, etc)
as somone who litterly lives in south korea k can tell you we industrialised way too quickly. we are seen as a 1st world nation yes but many things are still in 3rd world conditions. you cant expect a country to shoot up that gast and shedout every part of its 3rd world conditionings
Yeah for high ranking party officials no doubt. Hard to imagine crowds of malnourished coal miners and farm labourers packing North Korean stadiums to watch a boy band.
I've been living in South Korea for a short time and still learning a bunch. I can, however, attest to the 3rd grader's education level, specifically in math and English. I'm an English teacher at an after-school English academy (Hagwan/Hagwon), and the number of hours these kids are in school is intense. 7-8 hours at their public or private schools, then 6 hours/week at the English academy, and many go to other academies for math, etc. Out of my 80+/- kids, only 3 play sports with their schools, and almost as many are involved with creative arts. It's a shift for me as a teacher and I don't feel bad for them if they drift off into sleep (and still pass our tests with flying colors). Everything is about their education and getting better scores than their peers - there is also cultural optics that are included in this that have their own problems. I have found, however, creative and critical thinking is lacking (around the world as well, but incredibly prevalent there). It's about accomplishment with what is on paper and resumes and life is on hold in many instances. And don't get me started on the work culture. That's a whole new topic that takes a video like yours to help explain. I was lucky with my academy. They have a nice work/life balance, but not all are equal within our academy and that is very interesting.
Honestly not surprised to know that the school/academy cultures didn't change from when I was in. We're stubborn in a way that we know the problems yet we leave them be, because changing it will simply cost more and won't guarantee better net income. While most kids are taught with a competitive mindset and are forced to take the paths chosen by their parents from the start, I was lucky to have my parents let me choose my ways. I hated competition, I hated how schools worked, and I was confident that I can do better without their effort to turn me around. English at schools, for example, is taught in more of an academic way. The exam papers are full of questions about grammar. And if you don't get a good score out of that, you're labeled just bad at English. Kids are forced to learn that way as well, alongside after school academies that teach in the exact same way in most cases. Veering off the course is simply being insubordinate, and getting 4 hours of sleep a day is considered normal. I ignored all of that. I learned my English in my own way through the internet, and the only part I lacked was speaking because native speakers are hard to find in this country. I'd often get flying scores in the exams, not because I learned everything they taught me, but because I picked it up as a language, not a subject. I'd often get questioned how I achieve that, and I don't answer. Learning English through internet and gaming is something out of the world for most teachers' mind. Now I'm out of my university, looking for a job not just in this country but also abroad. I often talk to my friends from all around the world, hearing their opinions on different matters, and sometimes gaming together. This language alone opened up so many more possibilities for me, and I hope more kids get to experience it. Korean is not used anywhere else than Korea, while English is used worldwide. It just might help them see problems from other directions.
@@R_Grey032 I like the fact that you learn English on the Internet😁 Same here, and I'm even learning programming languages for my future opportunities. Learning how to program online is possible as well😎
When I visited South Korea recently, many of the shops and restaurants were run by the elderly. I watched one video where they were saying that due to the cost of living and skewed age distribution, as well as the low birth rate, many elderly must work well past retirement age to stay alive. It’s so sad. Even when you are older and tired, there is no rest.
Hey I just wanted to say I love your videos. Your format of condensing complex geopolitical problems into 10 to 15 minute videos is awesome. It really helps me stay up to date with current world politics.
I actually do think South Korea will move slowly more and more into the same sphere as Japan. Not because they necessarily want to, but because it just *makes sense* to and their regional goals mostly align. That plus the rise of instant communication and the exporting of culture + time is tending to make the younger generations of each nation more favourable to each nation
I don’t want to be a Chinese rooter but I think that both S.Korea and Japan will fall under Chinese influence someday. China will not controll both countries but both countries will be more dependent on China, rather than US. I mean in past history, China has been the dominant power in East-Asia for centuries so I don’t see it being changed. The day China changes its political views will mark the day when China becomes really the country of the center, when Japan and S.Korea will collaborate more with China than US
"time is tending to make the younger generations of each nation more favourable to each nation" Nah, in South Korea hatred towards Japan is a national project. It won't go away. There is a short video here on youtube where a young Korean guy burns the Japanese flag (don't remember the modern one or the rising sun one). That video has MILLIONS of views. I'm Russian, and although there definitely are TONS of propaganda in schools (most of it is anti-US though, not anti-Germany), most young people just hate our own government, not US or Germany. The word "patriotism" was HEAVILY mocked, as nationality, religion, duty, war heroes - all that bullsh1t is what's typically used in propaganda. When I learned around 5 years ago that Koreans legit hate Japan and sit on their isolationist naver, I was in shock. I just could not imagine YOUNG PEOPLE to be r3tarded enough to buy government's propaganda. But they do.
@@nviolet152 I think that watching couple of videos and mocking people for their lack of critical thinking is quite funny. There always exists an extreme ends in any groups, and those videos you watched are the collections of "spicy" ones for the views after all. I can easily google young russian nationalists burning american flags, so does that mean russian youngs are brainwashed by nationalist propagandas? No. like it is, we are no different. the fun thing is, in recent research conducted shows that Japan is not even in top 3 hated country. but China/Russia is. as you can see there is no such thing as "national project" for hatred, the current geopolitical situation is what mostly decides it.
@@nviolet152"korea hates japan! See? Heres a video of one (1) korean guy burning the japanese flag! This is total proof that koreans hate japan!" Literally most youth in korea do not feel hatred towards japan, nor do the majority of japanese youth feel hatred towards korea. If anything, cultural exchange between the two demographics have been occuring, probably one the most in its history.
Dude this is the 1st time i came across your channel. Never ever have i listened to geopolitics which was explained as entertaining as you did. The amount of edit, humour, funny dialogues etc that has gone into the making of this video is insane. You earned a sub mate. Keep growing.
Didn't these ''naysayers'' has been talking ''hidden crisis'' for the 75 years????? !!!😏😏😏 Slice and dice it all you want, still Korea is 1,000 better than the rest of your countries and only going stronger, lol !!!🔥🔥🔥
A good idea for a video might be to compare and contrast all the countries that are about to go through massive demographic crisises, and both how they got there and how they (plan) are going through it. I’m thinking of namely Russia, Germany, Canada, Japan, China, and South Korea. Maybe also a bit about what sets the select few countries, such as France and the US, that have avoided this trap, apart from the rest.
It would be funny if USA also had an incoming demographic collapse, since they hate migrants and their anchor kids so much, yet they can't be bothered to have white children of their own.
France has a birthrate of 1.8 which is higher than the 1.6 of Germany but still below the minimum 2.1. Also despite that it's immigration rate is significantly lower than Germany's.
Personally think any economic system could really survive the demograpic collapses that countries like China, Japan and SK are facing (a lot of Europe in the near future). I think were gonna see differing levels of bad, but from a fundemental point of view, having a demographic pyramid that's upside down sounds like a death blow for future growth. it's a death spiral (negative feedback loop) where younger generations have to support a larger older generation, hence have a lower standard of living and less kids but because the next generation is even smaller the same pattern keeps repeating until something breaks.
At the end of the day a country's fortunes change as time goes on. This has always been true of people and in history. Great empires rise and fall. Countries enter a golden age and enter a dark age. It's all a part of history. It's just really gonna suck for the young Koreans who has wealth when they are born but has to go through a steep decline in their lifetime. This is basically the same cliche story of a kid growing up in a wealthy family but as soon as his parents die he finds out that their wealth was all on borrowed money and he is on the hook for paying the creditors. He can declare bankruptcy but it's also gonna suck when he has to apply for a mortgage. BTW this doesn't just apply to Korea but other western countries. They are all consuming more than they produce. It's all gonna catch up to them soon. The only sad part is the overconsumers will die fat and happy whereas their kids will have to suffer the consequences. I only hope that the collapse will happen after I die but it doesn't look my wishes will come true.
@@flutterwind7686 immigration is only a temporary plaster over much larger issue. Many underdeveloped countries outside of Africa and Middle East are already nearing birth rates of 2.1, eventually these countries themselves will run into problems. Most of South Asia will start loosing people in 25 years, SE Asia maybe 10-15 years, so this is not a good solution long term. Eventually I think humans will need to accept that population can't always keep growing or remain stable, it'll decline once countries develop, and should design their social security structures keeping this in mind. But politicians can't think beyond the next election cycle
Its a myth that economic difficulties will lead to fewer kids - in every country that has tried financual incentives to make people have more kids, its failed every time. Its not about finances at all (indeed, this is why poorest countries in the world have many kids with no problems), but rather its about the mindsets women have towrds families and childbirth
I can confirm the joke about the average Korean thirdgrader is, in fact, no joke at all. I thought English in Berlin, for a while and tutored a Korean kid for a while. Precisely third grade. Loved that little kid to death. Dude was chewing up ~ 9th grade math like it was nothing. We had to get him into a bi-lingual school quick, otherwise german authorities were threatening to take him away from his mom (very long story, but bottom line - fuck standard german educational institutions _|_). My boy went from barely any English to getting accepted with flying colors. And that was all while battling Tourette's. Must have cussed me out a million times in Korean. Proudest moment of my life 🥳
Lmao at least it was korean. That's a huge amount of stress to handle at such a young age, hope he's doing well. And good on you for helping him on his journey, that's some life-changing support you gave him
@@LimeBoy-oo6ph It's a bit of a long story, but basically, he and his mom (double doctorate in music) came to Berlin because of his older sister, who was already a genius harp player at age 13-14. So she got some opportunities with the Berlin Philharmonic/UDK (Universität der Künste, one of the best art schools in Europe, apparently). At that time, when moving to Germany, kids coming in from abroad had to go to so-called 'Greeting schools' - either they didn't have time to apply him for anything else, or his mom was hoping it would be ok (generally, those schools are a bit more specialised, in order to help the children integrate more easily). It was not. This was in the early aftermath of the refugee wave from Syria, so the school was full of kids that didn't want to be there and were lashing out at the one asian kid. Plus, the teachers turned out to be shit, so he got mistreated on that front, as well. Which would all cause his Tourette's to get worse, leading to more bullying. So his mom kept him away and went to talk to them multiple times. Finally, they called a hearing in the school, where she told them she wants the pull him out of there. However, in Germany it is illegal so much so that you can get fined and PROSECUTED if you keep your kid out of school long enough. So the staff there, sticks up their asses and all, wouldn't make an exception for him, AND ALSO threatened her they would alert the authorities, should she be unable to get him into a new school in a very limited amount of time. I was already teaching him at that point, but we kicked things into high gear once we found out about it. He'd also started a treatment for the Tourette's, so we pulled through, all together.
It seems like the biggest problem for Korea is not the chaebols or even the birth rate but rather the growing global geopolitical tensions. Korea's largest trade partner is China yet it relies on the USA for protection from the North. That seems like a very difficult, if not impossible line to tread in the future. At some point they will have to make it more clear which line they stand on and it will the harm the country either way.
@@joeysung311 If tensions increase between China and the USA - for example China invades Taiwan - and the USA imposes sanctions like it has on Russia, would Korea follow? It would cripple their economy if they did. I was the under the impression the previous administration under President Moon was seeking to toe a line between the two countries in the interest of the health and continued growth of Korea's economy. It would also cripple the USA's economy if they did it right now in 2022 to an extent but they are already taking measures to wean themselves off Chinese dependance in many different sectors. The picture could be very different in 2030.
@@ethansaltmere actually china's economy is already collapsing plus with protests because of usa not exporting chips to china but i know what you mean cus of the tensions between the two ever increasing but the sk part that might be later cus main focus is whether usa will continue to stop chip export to china or recontinue the chip export idk what will happen next.
@@ethansaltmere and they still have to worry about North Korea not the Kim regime but when DPRK collapses someone has to step up to control the situation in the North therefore they would have to make some kind of deal with China
This is the best use of infographics I have ever seen in a long time.... I was never caught off track or uninterested (other than the ad, I just don't like any ads) in the video. Instant sub, and now a major source of news. I love it, h0ser!
@@pedroleal1078 it gives you a big idea picture and trains your thinking to connect the dots across multiple realms...i love this video and really think it is invaluable
I may not represent entire Korean society but In my opinion in relationship with Japan and China, old people tends to hate Japan because they are close to the Japanese colonial period (1910~1945) but quite a few young Korean and Japanese like each other due to the cultural exchange. (K-pop, K-drama, Japanese food, anime&games) Rather, young people tends to dislike China due to the political issues. (China's Northeast Process, COVID-19, cultural differences) By the way, why the word '재벌' is pronounced 'chaebol'? 'Jaebeol' is more close pronunciation, ㅈ never sounds ch- (its more like j or z), chaebol sounds like '체벌' which means ''corporal punishment'...
If "cultural difference" is a factor when disliking china then why not having the same approach towards japan? There is nothing south koreans could like about japan beyond political values , which is not sufficient enough to make both koreans and japanese like eachother, and japan and koreans have nothing in common culturally speaking
On that last point, if I had to work +16 hours daily just to "live" an average, run-of-the-mill life which consist of only eating and working, I would absolutely consider it a hellish punishment
@@u2beuser714 I think "cultural differences" is not the best way to put it. More like china is currently the biggest geopolitical threat to korea right now. They have the big military that could threaten korea's sea routes and whatnot, and they also support north korea's government in some ways too.
I swear every Korean media I ever see and I have see a good bit has the main charcter drowning in debt and pretty miserable. I have seen that apparently loads of elderly in the nation are struggling as well. They never got their money. Like they never got the savings because SK developed so fast and thus they have to keep working.
I just realized this too. My all time favorite K-Drama Comedy series "High Kick through the Roof" has its plot kick off because of debt and the concept of having very little money and having to resort to sad and drastic means to stay afloat is present throughout the whole series. And this series was made in like 2005-2009
That made me wonder. two of Korean best known production, Parasite and Squid Games, have the same premises; people with financial struggle doing everything they can to survive.
People are beginning to figure out that the feudalism style wage theft that is characteristic of capitalism is a failure and a scam! So the whole system needs an overhaul.
I think it's very telling when most (well, most of what I've seen anyway) korean webtoons and manhwa are about power fantasies, a bunch of inflated numbers of cash (like fr, they throw out all these numbers and I don't even get how I'm supposed to feel about them? Like of course 3 billion won is a lot but when you're throwing out "billions" of wons every other panel it gets ineffective), and getting out from a struggling life just from one lucky situation (like getting op powers, etc)
I dont think what u think is true. All of people i know including not close who are over 60 enjoye their life a lot. We think elderly is the ones who have both money and time and because of that they enjoy working out and know how to enjoy life. It is youngsters who is economically in difficult situation ingeneral. Of course there are old people who is suffereing financially but those exist in every county.
I'm half offended and half really happy to see my nation looking like a very worried tiger with it's mouth open I'm pretty sure it isn't intentional but it looks really funny xD
Tiger is a pretty cool animal to have as symbol. What is more funny for me is that North Korea has this mythological korean flying horse as their symbol, which perfectly fits how pompous their government is and how delusional are their ideas
@@LuzikArbuzik77 to clear things up I'm really happy with the national animal I'm just saying the way it's drawn looks like its open mouthed worried, which is about accurate to be frank
Get used to being offended. In America that's all everyone does. Offend racial groups to make themselves feel better because in the end everyone sucks in their own different of ways. SK is just one part of that in the world and it's really about which way of living sucks less. So if you're rich in SK, you can feel pretty secure and stable in SK as well as almost anywhere in the rest of the world, hence the shotgun on the cliff metaphor about Samsung
That is one of the rare unbiased overviews on youtube I have see untill now, without any BS. Nice work mate, everything is on point and presented in a simple language.
It was so right until you thought that we wouldn’t defend Korea. We are steadily moving toward Asia and away from Europe overall. The main focus is Taiwan but SK is still a priority. Ukraine has brought attention back to the Russian front but the military reforms are pointing toward a pacific campaign.
Agreed, and it should be noted we’re not moving away from Europe per se, just allowing France and Germany to take the more leading role on the continent while we fill in their deficits in the East where Washington is more respected than Brussels. But America’s closest modern allies are in the East - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia (hopefully Vietnam soon) are all critical partners in America’s larger geostrategic gameplan
@@Serching4JerryGarcia Yes, but mainly only the U.S. and Japan, Japan has got some really amazing people who managed to deal with both the Dems and the Reps.
"Asia" is a large place. In the long run US will find it very difficult(not impossible, but still) to defend all of its focus points in the region. And let's be honest, SK is kind of low when it comes in US priority within Asia : their strategic/diplomatic/symbolic importance lacks when compared to Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Vietnam, Aus/NZ (not really 'Asia' but still well within the theatre). Also the US also has to keep its influence in Europe and the Americas as well, so SK is fairly low on the priorities list. If things get sour SK is probably one of the first for the US to withdraw from in order to cut losses and/or focus on a more effective strategic point. This is made even more evident by the fact that South Korea is pretty much helpless even if the US decides to completely neglect it - no way for SK to bite back by joining China or something due to its insane level of Sinophobia.
Lots of countries about to dive into an economic crash which is a natural consequence of industrializaion. It seems countries just save a bunch of money to prepare for the eventual crash, South Korea has done that decently well
Yeah, real hard workers, they are. But they rose from the ash largely thanks to American security and trade guarantees. With those disappearing quickly, they are pretty much doomed.
But there is hope Since Korea has excellent human resources as a result of hardening education, it is now necessary to pursue the active use of talent in the right place and in the right place. In addition, the elderly poverty and the suicide rate of the elderly should be carefully approached as policy works It is ironic that the elderly employment rate is the number one in the OECD and the elderly poverty rate is also the number one. And what are Korea's advantages for Korea to develop further? Know this accurately and improve the disadvantages while maximizing the advantages. There are side effects of compressed growth, but as Korea has grown rapidly, citizens' consciousness and political system have developed to some extent The following data may be helpful in training Korea. The best rankings should be maximized and supplemented. According to the British Economist's democracy index, Korea is ranked 16th out of 167 countries surveyed by 2021, higher than Japan, Austria, the United States and France. France is surprisingly empowered by the president, abuse and social unrest. Next, the Public Integrity Index, which objectively measures corruption in a society, shows that Korea is higher than Japan and Belgium among 117 countries surveyed (out of 200 countries), 18 mandates similar to Luxembourg and Costa Rica The data is published annually by the European Centre for Anti-Corruption Capabilities. As of 2022, Korea is ranked 43rd out of 180 countries surveyed. It is similar to the 42nd ranked US, 58th ranked Japan, 72nd ranked Italy and Israel. Last year, it was higher than Taiwan and the United States. However, the ranking of media credibility is close to the bottom of major countries with the US and France According to the data evaluating the competitiveness of the cultural field, Korea ranked second in the world in the soft power ranking announced by Monocle of Germany And in the data released by the UK agency, 19th place between Balgie and Ireland! The country's credit rating is third in the world (higher than the US and UK), and the innovation index, which assesses how innovative a country is, is announced separately by the European Union and Bloomberg Communications. R & D spending is the No. 1 OECD and e-government competitiveness is the No. 1 OECD Next, let's look at how mature the society is (including civic consciousness) and how the quality of life is measured. According to the Social Development Index, which shows how advanced society is, Korea is higher than the US, Singapore, Italy, UK and Israel by 2021, and 16th place similar to Belgium and Luxembourg In detail, it ranked 5th in personal safety, 5th in health and welfare, 1st in information and communication accessibility, and 1st in higher education accessibility among 200 countries. It is ranked 19th in nutrition and medical support, 26th in water and sanitation facilities, 25th in individual rights, 30th in individual freedom and choice, 32nd in residential environment, and 26th in basic knowledge accessibility. These are also high, but it is a little ambiguous to say good? The environment is 80 delegates due to the neighboring country (details are brought as of 2020) According to the Human Development Index, which assesses the development level of the people based on average life expectancy, education level, per capita income, etc., Korea was higher than Luxembourg in Europe in 2020 and 19th in the last year Britain was ranked 18th and Austria, the US, Spain, Italy and France were ranked lower than South Korea This data is published annually by the United Nations Organization. There is a separate ranking of human development indexes that reflect inequality. Based on this data, Korea ranked 21st higher than other developed countries such as France, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel In the 2021 World's Best Country Rankings released by US News, Korea ranked 15th among Norway, Denmark, Italy and Finland among 200 countries In detail, it ranked 18th in quality of life, 8th in dynamism, 6th in innovation, 7th in cultural influence, 5th in entrepreneurship In terms of quality of life, public education development is 74, economic stability is 85, job quality is 64, public health system is 55.7 However, family stability and price stability are low, and animal rights are only 18 out of 100 points. In addition, in the OECD Better Life Index, Korea is ranked 28th overall in 2020 (out of 37 countries). In detail, it is ranked 5th in housing quality and accessibility, 2nd in citizen participation, 11th in education and technology, 17th in quality and availability, and 14th in social equality Income is 22nd and safety is 24th, which is normal (recently rising to 11th) In the questionnaire survey on health, which is a subjective item here, the response is very negative, so the overall ranking is not high The Vulnerable Country Index, which shows how stable a country is in many areas, shows that Korea is in a very stable group with France and Belgium, and is higher than the stable group with the United States and Britain This data shows that the criteria for calculation are power struggle, social division, illegal election, minority suppression, recession, manpower outflow, development imbalance, education, public transportation, security, infrastructure, health, religious freedom and civil liberties, Other human rights, establishment and practice of the rule of law, population stability, national credit rating, etc. Finally, let's look at materials that are difficult to categorize as specific items. According to the Economic Freedom Index, which measures how economic freedom and legal stability are guaranteed, Korea ranked 27th among 177 countries between Sweden, Norway and Malaysia in 2016 It is currently ranked 25th, higher than Japan, which ranked 30th, and France, which ranked 64th.
@@lizardking3979 what are Korea's advantages for Korea to develop further? Know this accurately and improve the disadvantages while maximizing the advantages. There are side effects of compressed growth, but as Korea has grown rapidly, citizens' consciousness and political system have developed to some extent The following data may be helpful in training Korea. The best rankings should be maximized and supplemented. According to the British Economist's democracy index, Korea is ranked 16th out of 167 countries surveyed by 2021, higher than Japan, Austria, the United States and France. France is surprisingly empowered by the president, abuse and social unrest. Next, the Public Integrity Index, which objectively measures corruption in a society, shows that Korea is higher than Japan and Belgium among 117 countries surveyed (out of 200 countries), 18 mandates similar to Luxembourg and Costa Rica The data is published annually by the European Centre for Anti-Corruption Capabilities. As of 2022, Korea is ranked 43rd out of 180 countries surveyed. It is similar to the 42nd ranked US, 58th ranked Japan, 72nd ranked Italy and Israel. Last year, it was higher than Taiwan and the United States. However, the ranking of media credibility is close to the bottom of major countries with the US and France According to the data evaluating the competitiveness of the cultural field, Korea ranked second in the world in the soft power ranking announced by Monocle of Germany And in the data released by the UK agency, 19th place between Balgie and Ireland! The country's credit rating is third in the world (higher than the US and UK), and the innovation index, which assesses how innovative a country is, is announced separately by the European Union and Bloomberg Communications. R & D spending is the No. 1 OECD and e-government competitiveness is the No. 1 OECD Next, let's look at how mature the society is (including civic consciousness) and how the quality of life is measured. According to the Social Development Index, which shows how advanced society is, Korea is higher than the US, Singapore, Italy, UK and Israel by 2021, and 16th place similar to Belgium and Luxembourg In detail, it ranked 5th in personal safety, 5th in health and welfare, 1st in information and communication accessibility, and 1st in higher education accessibility among 200 countries. It is ranked 19th in nutrition and medical support, 26th in water and sanitation facilities, 25th in individual rights, 30th in individual freedom and choice, 32nd in residential environment, and 26th in basic knowledge accessibility. These are also high, but it is a little ambiguous to say good? The environment is 80 delegates due to the neighboring country (details are brought as of 2020) According to the Human Development Index, which assesses the development level of the people based on average life expectancy, education level, per capita income, etc., Korea was higher than Luxembourg in Europe in 2020 and 19th in the last year Britain was ranked 18th and Austria, the US, Spain, Italy and France were ranked lower than South Korea This data is published annually by the United Nations Organization. There is a separate ranking of human development indexes that reflect inequality. Based on this data, Korea ranked 21st higher than other developed countries such as France, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel In the 2021 World's Best Country Rankings released by US News, Korea ranked 15th among Norway, Denmark, Italy and Finland among 200 countries In detail, it ranked 18th in quality of life, 8th in dynamism, 6th in innovation, 7th in cultural influence, 5th in entrepreneurship In terms of quality of life, public education development is 74, economic stability is 85, job quality is 64, public health system is 55.7 However, family stability and price stability are low, and animal rights are only 18 out of 100 points. In addition, in the OECD Better Life Index, Korea is ranked 28th overall in 2020 (out of 37 countries). In detail, it is ranked 5th in housing quality and accessibility, 2nd in citizen participation, 11th in education and technology, 17th in quality and availability, and 14th in social equality Income is 22nd and safety is 24th, which is normal (recently rising to 11th) In the questionnaire survey on health, which is a subjective item here, the response is very negative, so the overall ranking is not high The Vulnerable Country Index, which shows how stable a country is in many areas, shows that Korea is in a very stable group with France and Belgium, and is higher than the stable group with the United States and Britain This data shows that the criteria for calculation are power struggle, social division, illegal election, minority suppression, recession, manpower outflow, development imbalance, education, public transportation, security, infrastructure, health, religious freedom and civil liberties, Other human rights, establishment and practice of the rule of law, population stability, national credit rating, etc. Finally, let's look at materials that are difficult to categorize as specific items. According to the Economic Freedom Index, which measures how economic freedom and legal stability are guaranteed, Korea ranked 27th among 177 countries between Sweden, Norway and Malaysia in 2016 It is currently ranked 25th, higher than Japan, which ranked 30th, and France, which ranked 64th.
But in the other hand, we can find that we are miserable and suffering all time. I mean, other countries has suffers too but, we always have short and small golden ages. Even we are having a glorious and the most powerful age in all South Korean history, but it hasn't even been 100 years and we have to end it, Diving in to New Dark Age.
The birthrate is actually 7.5 by now and dropping (they just had to close almost ten elementary schools in Seoul because the number of students was too low and it is now starting with junior high and high school too), also everyone is miserable and no one marries. Also the biggest chunk live in Seoul and the smaller towns are becoming ghost towns. Just grand. Honestly most Koreans I know who were able to escape Korea and now live in Europe have seriously zero interest in going back.
I’m a Korean-American. My family members are all native Korean. Poor people are pretty much screwed over. Thankfully, my family saved up a lot over the years, so they live decent lives; however, those who are still in poverty cannot afford homes or close up shop because everything is way too expensive. Not just that, but politicians bend the laws to however is beneficial for themselves, and don’t really care about those in poverty. They’re paid for doing very little impact-less work. It’s all about nepotism and social status. Justice system and police are bribed to prevent drug rings and prostitution rings from being arrested, due to a lot of rich people being involved. They also don’t have backbone against immigrants, so they end up giving foreigners too many privileges and lose more money that way But you left out some reasons as to why Korea’s population is decreasing. Women are becoming more independent, so some feel like they will be more comfortable without a husband, since they make their own money, but don’t have enough to raise kids. Also, another reason how Korea got rich aside from Park was the 88 Olympics. Tourists came flooding in, so naturally the economy grew that way as well
I'm noticing that there are patterns to economics: having resources = pillaged and plundered (I.e. subsaharan Africa, Russia, Arabia) Having access to trade = $$$ (minus economic security) Having a defensible position is always preferred but having an educated population does much better for securing the ideals of a country. I wonder what would come about with s Mars colony. Obviously it's a very defensible position but what resources would thru procure and how would they transport them to the old world?
The 3 things you said resources/trade, defend and population are the 3 fundamental elements to create any civilizations. First, in order to create a place for people to live, you will need to create products that people could use. If you have the resource, people will automatically choose to live in that place to enjoy the resource. If the place is the middleman to trade between other places with different resources, people will live there to enjoy resources from multiple places (trade). Both 2 ways have their own advantages and disadvantages. Then, you will need defensible position to defend the products. If you have defend but no resources/trade, probably no one will live there. (Looking at Northern Canada and Siberia) Finally, an ideology. People in that civilization needs to have the same belief so that even when you fail to protect the land and your products, your people with that belief will try to revive their own civilization. (That's why India and China despite being conquered so many times in history still remained as a civilization while... Rome despite being born at the same time as those 2, broke apart into Europe) About Mars... I think the first step of human colony on Mars would be a mining colony. Extracting resources from Mars like minerals and then ship them back to Earth is much easier than say... producing Iphone there.
It would be too hard and pointless to invade a Mars colony. Even if their home country is destroyed the conqueror would benefit more from keeping them alive than killing them. Maybe replace the workers over time and that would be it. If you want a sci fi scenario play Infinite Warfare lol
Thank you for mentioning Lotte, I found it so werid they had a amusement park with their own bootleg Disney characters. I found it comparable to if monsanto had a amusement park in the US
This must be why they have such amazing metaphorical movies/shows that reflect society in South Korea. We’ve pretty much all seen Squid Games, but two movies you may want to check out are “Parasite (obviously with the Oscar)” and “Burning”.
Hoser , your videos have recently been played on auto. And I'm not going to lie , I don't dodge but you make me smart with a little of funny Your not a comedian but you find a way with a little of graphics, commentary, and real life that kills me lol . Like who knew finding out the world is a laughing joke 😂😂😂
The wealth divide is seriously terrible. Even in smaller neighborhoods with thriving (to an extent) small businesses, there's always the threat of it being torn down to make more identical apartment buildings. When it comes to construction teams with all of the necessary paperwork granted by the government, poor neighborhoods are powerless and are forced to relocate or literally just cope. It's been a lot worse in the past, with some of the poor residents even getting killed just to make room for more buildings, but I don't think it's improving to a degree that'll make any change for the future.
I know some of the guys from South Korea in their late 20s who got their citizenship in US, and they said they're really lucky to have "escaped" from SK. And I thought the term escape would be apply to North Korea
@@liben5052 as an American that moved to Asia for a decade, this statement is too true. Vacationing there you will live like a king. Actually living there and experiencing life as a local and making local money is a whoooole different breed lol Unless you're an expat or already have an existing business or already come from money, or retired living off fat retirement funds given you've been fiscally responsible your whole life. Then you'll be just fine
@@jo-shi8759 Concluding Asia into a same group is weird. Asian is really diversed. We don't even have same political ideology, culture and the economy is really different.
@@user-dh3bv1dl4t Yes I understand Asia is diverse, but things are usually similar since they are in the same region.. Just like US/UK/Canada/Australia/NZ etc have similar thinkings with minor differences
Some interesting, additional ideas... The low birth rate is a very complex problem, but I believe the fundamental cause lies in the economy. Yes, Korea is a wealthy country, but it is irrefutable that living in Korea is also very expensive. This is especially true in the real estate market, where the house is simply NOT affordable for many people. If one does not have a proper house to raise a kid, how can we give birth? Besides, raising a child is unusually expensive in Korea. Since educational pursuits are very high, parents have to invest money in private education for their kids. Cost, cost, cost. . . In the end, raising a kid becomes an extravagant burden that deteriorates our already-broken status. There's also a psychological cause of the low birth rate. I don't think many young people these days find raising a kid as a "must" value. It's either because they were hurt by their parents when they were growing up or because they simply don't like kids. The meaning of "family" is not as significant as before because they weren't happy growing up with their family and some part because of rising individualism. The company culture in the video... I don't think that's the primary reason. Many companies are getting rid of such distracting working culture these days, (Thank you Covid!) but people still aren't willing to have a kid...so... These are just my opinion. I have people around who are at the age to become a parent but aren't willing to, and talking with them kinda lets you think these are the reason.
There are many examples of countries with sky high real estate prices and yet a still growing population. The UK for instance continues to grow at over 1.6 births per woman, double that of Korea. Real estate in London has grown 350% in price over the last 20 years. I think Korea, Japan and China are all experiencing a birth slowdown due to more obvious other reasons.
Props to Korea fitting 2 dystopias in a single peninsula
I know right? I think there's a hidden accomplishment for that in the games files. Or at least there should be.
It's very ironic the 2 most different countries in both economically and ideologically share the same name an border.
They are not so different at all.
Both run on command economies, both consider their citizens serfs and both are still using a clan system.
The only different is, that the North has one major clan, the south has like 5-10ish.
@@azpont7275 As a Korean, I don’t think clans matter that much… yes we recognise them but that has no bearing on anything in society
@@bennyksmusicalworld968 Or you are just waay to indoctrinated so see it. Would it change your thinking if I'd say big corps instead of clans?
Bc the 5-10 big corps aka clans definitely has MASSIVE impact on Korean society.
I am Korean, but there are many crises in Korea. The future is dark, but eating fried chicken disappears my worries and makes me so happy.
American dude: "someone finally gets it"
Hell yeah brother
Ah a true man of culture
morbidly a beast
With beer 🎉
Small fun fact: There's a city in Mexico called Pesqueria that has so many Korean migrants that the city has been nicknamed ''Peskorea''
I love that name
also in brazil too
don't care
Que chistosos que son ustedes, aqui le llamaron soul
@@mozziezapperYou do
As a gyopo it's almost scary to see third graders exiting extracurriculars at 9pm, and I barely see kids ages 13 to 16 on the streets, because they're all studying, thanks for shedding some light on this distopia.
I was forced to do this by white parents in the west but i was defo not the norm. Fell into severe depression. Now imagine a countey where all parents and institutions are like that to the kids, like my crazy mom side of family(dad's was nuts too but in different way). Absolutely logical that their youth is flying off high story buildings. Sorry for sounding insensitive but i was gonna suicide many times before j stopped myself. This type of stressful upbringing kills a child's drive for life young.
As someone who tutored kids in South Korea, I can confirm that that is indeed your typical 3rd grader rofllmao. The difficulty of their high school math exams is beyond godlike. Me as a kid would have failed out in 5th grade if I was a student there. It's probably much harder to get into Seoul National University as a student in the Korean system than it is for us to get into top end Ivy League schools. It's so ridiculously hyper competitive.
Math is not that hard in school, even in Korea. What they teach is not so different to what i had to do in germany.
And those kids will then become slave for the chaebols
Their education system is directed for working for the Chaebols
The math part is overhyped. I imagine Singaporean high schools have the hardest tests on average (whatever that means lol) but it’s all in the range of understandable. Saying godlike etc is bs it’s public high schools not math Olympiad. You are just cIapped at math my friend.
People in the comments have never experienced Korean education smfh
If 2.1 is considered to be the minimum birth rate required for a stable population than it's horrifying that south Korea's is below 1
They had a really high birth rate like just a generation ago as well, so the decline has been very steep.
Demographic decline isn't a bad thing. World population is too big. I support korea
@@Polo-rn8ly If it was evenly distributed throughout the world it's not a bad thing, but a country having too few people to provide for a large elderly population is blatantly a problem.
@@Polo-rn8ly No, of course not, South Korea is obviously overpopulated. But it's a problem if you have a social security system.
Unless SK allows immigration to offset the low birthrate . . .
Currently, Korea is experiencing the biggest problem with the extreme congestion of the capital(Seoul). However, because there are no jobs, no young people want to go to other areas, and companies are headquartered only in Seoul, and no one wants to go to other areas. As a result, house prices in Seoul are rising and competition for jobs is getting fiercer. Who would want to have a baby in such an intensely competitive atmosphere? Universities: 'All' competitive universities are located in Seoul. Korea has risen because of Seoul, but Korea is falling apart because of Seoul. The wage gap between large companies and small and medium-sized companies is so large that the social atmosphere is encouraged for those working for small and medium-sized companies to feel inferior for life. And only 10% of people enter large companies.
US is not interested in Korea anymore it is not important for them geopolitically that is why u r facing this crisis, US controls the worlds finance earlier it was very important because communism capitalism fighting Russia China now not so more. US has managed to engineer the gender divide using media and do Christian conversion which will ensure the country cannot be rallied using single ideology or objective as it now has controls over certain factions this will ensure even in future SK is not a threat. No country in recent history has become rich without the US needing them to be rich be it Japan, Germany, Taiwan.
Land value tax would fix this.
Korea is 1000x worse but i see that in my home country of Bulgaria. Sofia the capital for a wage, comparable to the west and still times lower. But Sofia is the closest to bare minimum. Rest of country is a sinking ship. But no infrastructure and opportunities to keep the kids in shitty areas and they move out logically. And housing prices are like quarter million us dollars for a building built during communism.
And yes only the richest in Sofia live like a comfy german. 90% dont know if they, their kids or old parents will die by shit hospital, horrible car culture, no law so chance your killer might be safe if he is the right person. So 90% are manipulated to hate the 5% and are miserable. And institutions want it that way.
When i said 1000x worse i mean we are too poor for late stage capitalism no offence to korea they are more developed than my country in east europe my english is just shit so i sound rude when i dont mean to be.
I've been in Korea for 2 years now. I've always felt this underlying stress everywhare that is growing like a ticking bomb. Everyone feels it. but choose to ignore. I decided to leave Korea on the second day I slept in. It didn't get any better with the time. No expat I know feels like home here. Finally I graduated and I'm moving to Finland. I have got nothing against Korean people but I guess it's the system that is cooking everyone alive like a pressure cooker.
I lived there for 10 years. Pressure cooker is the correct term for sure.
Haha we love the pressure cooker and steamed sticky stuff! So we steam ourselves ❤ embrace peninsula mentality
한국인도 힘든데 외국인은 얼마나 더 힘들었을까요,, 미안해요 ❤ 한국이라는 나라 시스템은 못 되먹었다.. ㅠㅠ
그럼에도 적응하고 살아가는 외국인들도 많죠. 과도한 경쟁과 빨리 돌아가는 한국사회가 힘들긴 하지만 그래서 가장 가난한 나라에서 급성장할 수 있었습니다.
한국에서 당신같이 말하면 패배자, 게으름뱅이, 부적응자라고 손가락질 받겠죠. 자신에게 맞는 곳에 가서 살면됩니다
@@BBB-kb1op I have already moved to Finland. Yes as you said Korea is not for me. I am Happier, healthier, more social and more productive now than I was in Korea.
Sad to hear there seems to be no solution to solving this. My own mom, who is the most positive and hard working person I know, admitted that the economic inequality situation is terrible and it's hard for her own business to go anywhere
Bet it's mostly about taxes, they cause inequality.
@@bowwak5366 Oh yea taxes, it can't be any more nuanced than that.
Solution is encouraging immigration from lower income south east asian countries, and labour reforms...
Surely there will be no devastating social and cultural consequences right???
Surely asian cultures are very inclusive and not racist guys!! :D
@@bowwak5366 taxes totally, definitely not one of the only reliable ways to fight economic inequality
@@otaviobettega2492 the problem is nearly all of Asia has low birth rates. IIRC Indonesia's birthrate is barely above replacement, India's is at replacement, and Iran's is well below replacement.
As a 25-year-old Korean, this video is quite accurate.
UA-cam, numerous dramas and movies show Korean fantasies, but the reality is different.
The conflict between men and women has reached its peak, and the older generation promotes generational conflict by giving them the nickname of the "MZ generation" that we don't even want.
Not a few young Koreans, including myself, are pessimistic about their lives and have little excitement. So we're only looking for stimulation and we want to forget about the dark future.
"Miracles on the Han River" is also a thing of the past. The older generation is destroying what our ancestors have created by greed, and we are ruining it by giving up.
In every way, Korea is definitely in crisis.
Thank you for making such a detailed video.
ㄹㅇ 사장네들 노인네들ㅋ 젊은 사람들 요즘은 힘든 일 안한다고 뻔질나게 가스라이팅 치다가 정작 자기들 밑에 들어오는 젊은사람들은 개돼지 취급하고 다치면 ㅃㅇㅗ 진짜 힘든 일 하면서 중소기업마냥 잘 버는 젊은 사람들은 절대로 여기 포함 안시킴ㅋ
왜냐면 이ㅅ끼들은 몸이 부서질 때까지 부려먹을 만큼 부려먹고 성질나면 욕받이로 써먹고 외노자처럼 최저시급은 주고 싶지만 또 필요할 때는 자기한테는 없는 예의바르고 말 잘듣고 고분고분하고 말끝마다 맞습니다 해주는 아들딸 손주가 되어주고 술친구도 해주고 또 583651가지 한국인 특 잡무도 척척 처리해줄 노예들을 원하기 때문
Why are corean so racist and xenophobic? i mean, if they didn’t wanted to have foreigners they shouldn’t have made so many marchendising about themselves to export around the world.
The Men and Women 'conflict' makes North Korea look sane and rational
@@Fishboi64 The more i know about South Korea, the more i think that North Koreans (the people) aren't that bad as a society. Sure, they have authoritarian leaders and sufer the USA sanction, but as a society they seam just normal people. The obsession of south koreans with material possesion, "succes" even if its fake, sexism, racism, xenophobia, violence as well as their obsession to be white is just scary and quite disgusting.
Yes , feminism is totally a piece of trash !😂
I lived in Korea for 5 years as a Korean who grew up in the west. It's absolutely brutal there. I left because I saw no hope for my future if I kept living there. There is no respite. Only brutal competition every single day of your life, struggling to get ahead of your competition who are also working their ass off for the exact same goals that you are. Kids? You'll be living under the poverty line if you have too many, and because of the unstable employment due to the economy being dependant on exports, it's just... So hard to even think of having kids.
I feel terribly guilty for having left, if I could contribute to Korea I would but how can I make a difference when all the decisions are made by people who are so high up in their ivory tower they can't even see me? I just have a heavy heart:(
How could you make a difference?
VOTE HARDER lol, thats what your white colonial master tells you, democracy is the way lol 🤡🤡🤡
Geopolitics has been a hobby of mine for some time and your way of explaining things is by far the best I've seen on youtube. Freaking hilarious and accurate.
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Never have known that a foreigner would know and explain about South Korea better than I could ever have.
The resources are out there to learn from. Unless you do the research, you wont know about these issues at this depth or know how to explain them properly. No matter where you are born or living
But there is hope
Since Korea has excellent human resources as a result of hardening education, it is now necessary to pursue the active use of talent in the right place and in the right place.
In addition, the elderly poverty and the suicide rate of the elderly should be carefully approached as policy works
It is ironic that the elderly employment rate is the number one in the OECD and the elderly poverty rate is also the number one.
And what are Korea's advantages for Korea to develop further? Know this accurately and improve the disadvantages while maximizing the advantages.
There are side effects of compressed growth, but as Korea has grown rapidly, citizens' consciousness and political system have developed to some extent
The following data may be helpful in training Korea. The best rankings should be maximized and supplemented.
According to the British Economist's democracy index, Korea is ranked 16th out of 167 countries surveyed by 2021, higher than Japan, Austria, the United States and France.
Next, the Public Integrity Index, which objectively measures corruption in a society, shows that Korea is higher than Japan and Belgium among 117 countries surveyed (out of 200 countries), 18 mandates similar to Luxembourg and Costa Rica
The data is published annually by the European Centre for Anti-Corruption Capabilities.
As of 2022, Korea is ranked 43rd out of 180 countries surveyed. It is similar to the 42nd ranked US, 58th ranked Japan, 72nd ranked Italy and Israel. Last year, it was higher than Taiwan and the United States.
However, the ranking of media credibility is close to the bottom of major countries with the US and France
According to the data evaluating the competitiveness of the cultural field, Korea ranked second in the world in the soft power ranking announced by Monocle of Germany
And in the data released by the UK agency, 19th place between Balgie and Ireland!
The country's credit rating is third in the world (higher than the US and UK), and the innovation index, which assesses how innovative a country is, is announced separately by the European Union and Bloomberg Communications.
R & D spending is the No. 1 OECD and e-government competitiveness is the No. 1 OECD
Next, let's look at how mature the society is (including civic consciousness) and how the quality of life is measured.
According to the Social Development Index, which shows how advanced society is, Korea is higher than the US, Singapore, Italy, UK and Israel by 2021, and 16th place similar to Belgium and Luxembourg
In detail, it ranked 5th in personal safety, 5th in health and welfare, 1st in information and communication accessibility, and 1st in higher education accessibility among 200 countries.
It is ranked 19th in nutrition and medical support, 26th in water and sanitation facilities, 25th in individual rights, 30th in individual freedom and choice, 32nd in residential environment, and 26th in basic knowledge accessibility. These are also high, but it is a little ambiguous to say good?
The environment is 80 delegates due to the neighboring country (details are brought as of 2020)
According to the Human Development Index, which assesses the development level of the people based on average life expectancy, education level, per capita income, etc., Korea was higher than Luxembourg in Europe in 2020 and 19th in the last year
Britain was ranked 18th and Austria, the US, Spain, Italy and France were ranked lower than South Korea
This data is published annually by the United Nations Organization.
There is a separate ranking of human development indexes that reflect inequality. Based on this data, Korea ranked 21st higher than other developed countries such as France, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel
In the 2021 World's Best Country Rankings released by US News, Korea ranked 15th among Norway, Denmark, Italy and Finland among 200 countries
In detail, it ranked 18th in quality of life, 8th in dynamism, 6th in innovation, 7th in cultural influence, 5th in entrepreneurship
In terms of quality of life, public education development is 74, economic stability is 85, job quality is 64, public health system is 55.7
However, family stability and price stability are low, and animal rights are only 18 out of 100 points.
In addition, in the OECD Better Life Index, Korea is ranked 28th overall in 2020 (out of 37 countries). In detail, it is ranked 5th in housing quality and accessibility, 2nd in citizen participation, 11th in education and technology, 17th in quality and availability, and 14th in social equality
Income is 22nd and safety is 24th, which is normal (recently rising to 11th)
In the questionnaire survey on health, which is a subjective item here, the response is very negative, so the overall ranking is not high
The Vulnerable Country Index, which shows how stable a country is in many areas, shows that Korea is in a very stable group with France and Belgium, and is higher than the stable group with the United States and Britain
This data shows that the criteria for calculation are power struggle, social division, illegal election, minority suppression, recession, manpower outflow, development imbalance, education, public transportation, security, infrastructure, health, religious freedom and civil liberties, Other human rights, establishment and practice of the rule of law, population stability, national credit rating, etc.
Finally, let's look at materials that are difficult to categorize as specific items.
According to the Economic Freedom Index, which measures how economic freedom and legal stability are guaranteed, Korea ranked 27th among 177 countries between Sweden, Norway and Malaysia in 2016
It is currently ranked 25th, higher than Japan, which ranked 30th, and France, which ranked 64th.
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Racist CIown. Arrogant. Foreigner is disparaging.
@RisingSunCountry 6:20 why do asian countries used to have clans and not tribes
One funny thing is that Chaebols, the large conglomerates, are actually the ones that follow the labor laws, provide tons of benefits for its workers and have better work life balance because they are filthy rich and can afford to provide those to their workers. It's actually the small, medium sized companies that work with Chaebols who have it the worst. They are not part of those conglomerates so they not only get paid worse, but they have to work overtime to meet the deadline the conglomerates have set for them, leading their workers to work till death
People forget that running and especially working for a startup, especially when its run by people who do not know what they are doing, is hell
true, not so many people are aware of this aspect.
This makes more sense now
Shocked to see I hadn't subscribed yet (saying this as I'm subscribing). Man, your content is so good. I love your sense of humor and the way you present geopolitics in a joking, but highly informative way is just gold.
The reason S. Korea imports so much oil is not for its own consumption, but because there are many world-class oil refining and chemical companies in South Korea. They import crude oil, process it and export it again. Of course, the Korean Peninsula is a very barren land where not even 1 mL of oil is produced, so oil must be imported for survival.
As Korean, I'm very surprised you have researched really well about S.Korea. Young ppl like me still wants to live in Seoul since it is very difficult to find a job elsewhere (Of course there are works to do in other places but the salary isn't that good). So, the price of real estate is sky rocketing in Seoul which makes difficult for young ppl to get a proper place to live. Due to such problem, more and more youngsters give up getting married or even if they get married, they rather choose not to have a child because having a child costs a lot either.
do you recommend going to Korea for studies? i'm from Russia and education system here is terrible, especially in the field I want to study but it's somewhat developed in Korea and scholarship program by Korean government has good terms
@@lonnybloo after some months I was also planning to go to Korea for studies but after this I don't know if I should .... The Korean education is very hard I guess I don't wanna study 24 hrs
@@lonnybloo which field are you in? is it for ph.D?
@@Abhaayyyy well it isnt. only for the highschool education not uni,,
@@user-nt4rr6vt8c Film and Animation
I graduated from school and then college (animation major), want to take undergraduate studies
You forgot to mention that South Korea has a elderly homeless crisis as well as they don’t really have social security. So in conjunction with the current economic woes of the youths, S. Korea is going to become a nation of homeless old people.
what sucks about aouth korea as well is our education system. now i HATE it when peoplw bring up satistics as if that means shit, like cool were all edcuated but what are we educated is far diffrent then how many peple have education. we are basically groomed our entire lives to serve these chaebwols and so everyone has and will fight for the same god damn job of who gets to lick the boots of one of these companys and it just leaves no room for any value in work or lide in general. eveeything is crafyed from basically all these monoplys that are litterly running the country
@@dotdotdotdotdotdotdottod that sounds AWFUL! How do you cope with such a system?
@@dotdotdotdotdotdotdottod and if you don’t secure a job with one, you will be working some back alley job that will only cover your basic needs for your entire life until you physically cannot work anymore and then wind up homeless.
Women won’t date you if you don’t have one of these jobs
Your parents will disown you if you choose anything that becomes a burden for them/ they didn’t choose for you
And its worse for men because at least women have the option of whoring themselves out at a Juicy Bar to some soldier/ rich fuck in Gangnam, where they may get lucky and marry the simp. The only lottery system like that that exists for men is in Squid Game.
@@dotdotdotdotdotdotdottod wont that lead to more emigration from Korea? No well paying jobs? Time to go. Korean diaspora will definitely grow in the coming years.
Social security is a secondary issue, the problem is with those elderly not having a family to take care of them. Its the family's job not the government's
Korea is over. The birth rate is now around 0.6, but it's only the beginning. Currently, there are 0.38 in some districts of Seoul and 0.31 in Busan. Korea is just a country that is over and quickly appears and disappears.
They should import some Latinos. Cheap labor, plenty of people for their Squid Games, and bring those birth rates up.
Koreas history is deep and long
The north will take over in a few decades it seems
@@lIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIlIllII doesnt matter korean average is 10cm
@@prosoccer926 mroe like 3 inches
the explainations are concise and accurate.
the national animals and MS paint subtitles are hilarious AF.
Love your content, man. Keep up the good work.
The problem with SK is something I called "new economic power syndrome." When you grows up too fast and having a reliable allies but most/all of them aren't from your region. Countries like SK, UAE, Qatar fell for this condition. The mentalities when they were developing countries are there while having developed economy. It boost their ego and basically raised systemic discrimination in their countries either racism towards different developing country or generation gap mindset between young Gen and elder of the country.
Could China be considered part of this category too?
@@Serching4JerryGarcia yes, they were. Although, They're changing. Idk, how their current young generation looks like in the future.
@@Serching4JerryGarcia china have better treatment for developing countries through their belt and road initiative, despite massive debt trap propaganda from western countries more and more developing countries, especially on africa are joining in to the project. China wants to make as many allies as possible because they already have many geopolitical rivals
@@faiq026 the truth is that the Belt and Road Initiative hasn't been working out like they thought it would. Alot of countries who got involved are experiencing buyer's remorse. The people of those nations are not happy that their governments leaders are using the opportunity to do shady underhanded deals while China just looks away. Then there's the fact of indigenous groups who are negatively effected by the construction and development as well.
It's not at all comparable to petrol states like the Gulf States or any states basing their economies solely off of natural resources, its economy is actually a legitimate one and you're making a false equivalence. Demographic collapse is a problem that will be plaguing most of the world in the near future and we still aren't certain of what its effects will be. For all we know it could be reversed relatively quickly, it's stupid to look at a chart that's attempting to predict the future and take it as fact.
What I love the most about your videos is the positivity you have!
And that swear word. Sounded like his voice cracked somehow
I know what you mean. When Apophis is due to strike us, or Yellowstone is about to go up. We want him telling us the news.
I love the animals he uses to represent countries.
@@Halcon_Sierreno Yes! I love them so much too!
@@yiannchrst Pegasus for North Korea, lol.
Ok I've watched many of these short economic UA-camrs, and only recently discovered this channel, but am now comfortable saying hoser is a straight up analytical and comedic genius
He seamlessly covers so much ground and is funny while doing it. Quite a line to toe.
4 minutes in and he condensed so much information I thought the video might have been over! This is incredible.
As a Brit in my late twenties trying to build a life here, I can not stress how accurate this video is. The decreasing aging population due to the wealth divide is also the most palatable - most of my friends have completely given up on the prospect of having children or getting married because we literally don't even have time to exist. I work 10 - 7pm, but in reality I get up at 8 and I get home at 8, by which time I'm already exhausted, so my evenings are spent doing next to nothing. (And I know 8am is a late start to some but I have chronic insomnia so it's usually 4 hours of sleep for me, which just adds to how utterly exhausted I am when I get home.)
Even if you aren't exhausted when you get home, realistically your finances limit what you can even do in the evening. If you live at home, then you likely sign up for gym or a hobby-related club activity, but you'll be nagged about why you aren't saving to afford the exorbitantly high housing costs so you can move out and get married. If you do happen to live alone, a good chunk of your wages (about 50% for me personally) will go on rent alone, then there's living expenses, savings, if you want to take any classes so you can get a job that pays you a few extra bucks a day but ultimately makes no difference to your living situation.
I love Korea and I am grateful for the life I've built for myself here, the people are kind and culture is beautiful, but there are a LOT of economic problems. Teens, 20s and 30s are all giving up on 'enjoying life' or planning for bleak futures and are living more in the moment because they don't believe that hard work alone will get you anywhere. You'll also see that's why Korean has the largest national % of UA-camrs with over 1 mil subs - many are realizing that the only way to break out of this system is to earn internationally and work for themselves using opportunities like UA-cam where they can see that enough hard work pays off. I myself am planning to transition to fully freelance next year and try to diversify my income streams because even being highly qualified, I can not find a job with decent pay, and I have even more factors working against me as a non-Korean.
World govts are colluding together at the expense of their own citizens to usher in new world order aka antichrist beast system. Cash will be obsolete. One world digital currency is coming soon.
Lol why are you still even there. If I was in your shoes I would’ve moved back to my country first chance I got.
@@AndalusianLuis Or just work remotely getting salary there or at home and living in cheaper country
@@mrobocop1666 And get less money? Nah man, it's the point of capitalism. Complain all they want but as long as they reap it's benefits, aka money, they'll keep sowing more of it.
@@AndalusianLuis lol my first thought too when I read this.
4:31, wow I honestly can't believe he still got a sponsorship deal after saying that lmao. Props to hoser for that audacity.
"Except Wondrium" as his disclaimer. You never gonna bite the hands that feed you. 😉
@Marcelino Deseo lol thx for pointing that out I didn't notice it.
@@MarcelinoDeseo what a good point
This episode was superb. Well done lad
You seem to have a lot of research!
I appreciate you👏👏
Yay a Korean video finally. Thank you for reminding me how screwed my nation is.
wont be any of you left in 80 years.
Not quite, it's a lot more complicated than that.
There a little something called productivity growth(which is the main thing to counteract aging population) which as it so happens korea has one of the highest rates of in any developed country + potential for even more. This definitely won't completely solve the crisis but it will be more than enough to maintain good living conditions and ok economic growth.
As for dependency ratio, the national pension isn't estimated to run out until 2070. The reason for this is that it is currently running on excess and has been for a long time cuz not that many people are using it as of now(ofc the downside of this is the massive elderly poverty rate).
Plus the current rate of tax contribution toward it is way below average and if the government decides to increase it by even 5%(which is still cheaper than most other developed nations), it won't ever run out.
@@eatinsomtin9984 quiet u cIown. Racist
@@eatinsomtin9984 I disagree. As population shrinks, wages will go up again, and with increased space in the cities people will have kids again. The issue is making sure the country survives whilst the population shrinks, which will be easier said than done. But just because demographics is one way today it won't mean it'll be like this forever. People in the 1900s were saying the Earth was going to overpopulate, and they were obviously wrong.
@@garden3818 no proof of people having more kids when there are less people in a city. Space is not the primarily problem, it’s mostly about their values, religion and economy. Also, wages will not go up and their is no proof of that, if young people are having to pay a lot pre for the old and their not enough people to be working jobs, then how exactly does that increase wages?
Thank you for sharing this video. As a Korean I am literally amused by how you understood and explained the deep rooted problems of the Korean society.
I have lived my entire life in Korea until 27, and just flew to US for higher education. And I can feel marriage and having kids in US is much more conceivable than back in the days in Korea where I felt those are hard to afford and felt like a difficult step.
The divided classisms in Korea is what makes youngsters miserable and drag them down. And unless the rotten politicians who only fight for their seats get extracted, bright future for Korea would never ever be perceivable. 😂
Its all because of misogyny. Women should not give birth in patriarchal world
Could you tell me about the lives in the US?
Though I'm considering moving to somewhere else, I worry about high expenses for living and education compared to salaries.
@@dev-playing-gtLife in the US more so as an Asian American living in the Bay Area is pretty alright (I never faced discrimination because there is a strong Asian presence from where I live) however the US can be very expensive if you choose to reside in California especially Los Angeles or any Silicon Valley Cities!! I really wouldn’t recommend living here because college education can also be very expensive (such as USC tuition) depending on which college you go to but if you are financially well-off I would recommend living in a city that is regarded as safe and not cities like Oakland or San Francisco lol.
@@dev-playing-gtAlso, the opportunities given in the Bay Area are also amazing. My High School offered optional AM/PM classes or after school courses through a CTE School which give certifications and first-hand knowledge ahead on what field / course you chose to take. I personally chose a cybersecurity course which also gave me college credit and my CTE teacher who worked on that field for 20+ years previously taught at Berkeley and Stanford so the quality of education is nice too.
Didn't these ''naysayers'' has been talking ''hidden crisis'' for the 75 years????? !!!😏😏😏
Slice and dice it all you want, still Korea is 1,000 better than the rest of your countries and only going stronger, lol !!!🔥🔥🔥
Haha i’m korean this video is so accurate, by the way the birth rates even lower now (0.7) and 0.5 for seoul which is just so horrible. Im an highschooler and the pressure we get is like probably unimaginable for the rest of the world, if you heard how late at night we go to bed you’d be surprised.
then why being so eager to succeed
@@haplol7267We are not seeking success. We need to study 15 hours a day to get a good grade and go to a good university through the CSAT. Nevertheless, an average of 75 percent of them are employed by small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). However, with the average house price of 1 billion won in Korea, young people with an average annual salary of 30 million won have to work for about 30 years. This is why they have to study harder than 15 hours to get a better job at a conglomerate. We have neither tourism nor natural resources like Europe nor natural resources like Saudi Arabia and Russia. This does not mean that we will not slow down growth through human resources, as long as we do not grow like Central Asia, because we may be invaded again by China or Japan.
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I love consuming info thru this dynamic format ngl 😂 Great stuff!
As a Korean who already flew the f out of my home country and has lived in Canada, I'd say you are right on every subject. Fun to visit, definitely not to live in. It hurts watching things getting only worse there 😢
Please stay in Canada permenantely.
If you are young and just getting started, I think you can get a lot more job opportunities abroad for the same amount of effort. If you have a good amount of money saved up for retirement, South Korea is a great place to live (fast delivery, good transportation, fast government workers/services, good internet, good facilities and sports programs for the elderly, easily accessible medical care, etc)
Thats Japan in a nutshell
oh god he went to Canada
Smoke some weed
as somone who litterly lives in south korea k can tell you we industrialised way too quickly. we are seen as a 1st world nation yes but many things are still in 3rd world conditions. you cant expect a country to shoot up that gast and shedout every part of its 3rd world conditionings
What's 3rd world?
So it’s kinda like the USSR ?
@@avus-kw2f213 early ussr
@@shadowfreaper8158 thanks for correcting me but I would argue pre Nikita USSR
@@rami8896 like in america?
North Korea actually allowed several kpop acts to perform in the country as recently as 2018.
Yeah for high ranking party officials no doubt. Hard to imagine crowds of malnourished coal miners and farm labourers packing North Korean stadiums to watch a boy band.
This video was amazingly entertaining and informative. Thank you
Riddle me this batman: what makes 80% of the products despite having only 10% of the jobs
Damn you riddler
I've been living in South Korea for a short time and still learning a bunch. I can, however, attest to the 3rd grader's education level, specifically in math and English.
I'm an English teacher at an after-school English academy (Hagwan/Hagwon), and the number of hours these kids are in school is intense. 7-8 hours at their public or private schools, then 6 hours/week at the English academy, and many go to other academies for math, etc. Out of my 80+/- kids, only 3 play sports with their schools, and almost as many are involved with creative arts. It's a shift for me as a teacher and I don't feel bad for them if they drift off into sleep (and still pass our tests with flying colors).
Everything is about their education and getting better scores than their peers - there is also cultural optics that are included in this that have their own problems. I have found, however, creative and critical thinking is lacking (around the world as well, but incredibly prevalent there). It's about accomplishment with what is on paper and resumes and life is on hold in many instances.
And don't get me started on the work culture. That's a whole new topic that takes a video like yours to help explain. I was lucky with my academy. They have a nice work/life balance, but not all are equal within our academy and that is very interesting.
Honestly not surprised to know that the school/academy cultures didn't change from when I was in. We're stubborn in a way that we know the problems yet we leave them be, because changing it will simply cost more and won't guarantee better net income.
While most kids are taught with a competitive mindset and are forced to take the paths chosen by their parents from the start, I was lucky to have my parents let me choose my ways. I hated competition, I hated how schools worked, and I was confident that I can do better without their effort to turn me around. English at schools, for example, is taught in more of an academic way. The exam papers are full of questions about grammar. And if you don't get a good score out of that, you're labeled just bad at English. Kids are forced to learn that way as well, alongside after school academies that teach in the exact same way in most cases. Veering off the course is simply being insubordinate, and getting 4 hours of sleep a day is considered normal.
I ignored all of that. I learned my English in my own way through the internet, and the only part I lacked was speaking because native speakers are hard to find in this country. I'd often get flying scores in the exams, not because I learned everything they taught me, but because I picked it up as a language, not a subject. I'd often get questioned how I achieve that, and I don't answer. Learning English through internet and gaming is something out of the world for most teachers' mind.
Now I'm out of my university, looking for a job not just in this country but also abroad. I often talk to my friends from all around the world, hearing their opinions on different matters, and sometimes gaming together. This language alone opened up so many more possibilities for me, and I hope more kids get to experience it. Korean is not used anywhere else than Korea, while English is used worldwide. It just might help them see problems from other directions.
@@R_Grey032 I like the fact that you learn English on the Internet😁
Same here, and I'm even learning programming languages for my future opportunities. Learning how to program online is possible as well😎
When I visited South Korea recently, many of the shops and restaurants were run by the elderly. I watched one video where they were saying that due to the cost of living and skewed age distribution, as well as the low birth rate, many elderly must work well past retirement age to stay alive. It’s so sad. Even when you are older and tired, there is no rest.
I guess Chaebols are why Korean anime games always have corporate-run dystopias, if they're not some period piece...
Hey I just wanted to say I love your videos. Your format of condensing complex geopolitical problems into 10 to 15 minute videos is awesome. It really helps me stay up to date with current world politics.
I loved it when h0ser said “it’s h0sing time” truly one of the moments in the video
I loved it when Jacob said "it's Jacobbing time" truly one of the moments in the comment.
I loved it when DysfunctionalDev said “it’s jacobbing time” truly one of the comments of all time
I loved it when
Maybe the real h0ser was all the drawn anthropomorphic representations of countries that we made along the way
@@davidoneill7554 maybe we shouldn’t be sad that the video ended, but be glad about all the h0sers we met along the way
I actually do think South Korea will move slowly more and more into the same sphere as Japan. Not because they necessarily want to, but because it just *makes sense* to and their regional goals mostly align. That plus the rise of instant communication and the exporting of culture + time is tending to make the younger generations of each nation more favourable to each nation
I don’t want to be a Chinese rooter but I think that both S.Korea and Japan will fall under Chinese influence someday. China will not controll both countries but both countries will be more dependent on China, rather than US. I mean in past history, China has been the dominant power in East-Asia for centuries so I don’t see it being changed. The day China changes its political views will mark the day when China becomes really the country of the center, when Japan and S.Korea will collaborate more with China than US
"time is tending to make the younger generations of each nation more favourable to each nation"
Nah, in South Korea hatred towards Japan is a national project. It won't go away. There is a short video here on youtube where a young Korean guy burns the Japanese flag (don't remember the modern one or the rising sun one). That video has MILLIONS of views.
I'm Russian, and although there definitely are TONS of propaganda in schools (most of it is anti-US though, not anti-Germany), most young people just hate our own government, not US or Germany. The word "patriotism" was HEAVILY mocked, as nationality, religion, duty, war heroes - all that bullsh1t is what's typically used in propaganda.
When I learned around 5 years ago that Koreans legit hate Japan and sit on their isolationist naver, I was in shock.
I just could not imagine YOUNG PEOPLE to be r3tarded enough to buy government's propaganda. But they do.
@@nviolet152 I think that watching couple of videos and mocking people for their lack of critical thinking is quite funny. There always exists an extreme ends in any groups, and those videos you watched are the collections of "spicy" ones for the views after all. I can easily google young russian nationalists burning american flags, so does that mean russian youngs are brainwashed by nationalist propagandas? No. like it is, we are no different.
the fun thing is, in recent research conducted shows that Japan is not even in top 3 hated country. but China/Russia is. as you can see there is no such thing as "national project" for hatred, the current geopolitical situation is what mostly decides it.
@RisingSunCountry Imagine thinking a nation US armed force is being stationed is on same position with China lmao
@@nviolet152"korea hates japan! See? Heres a video of one (1) korean guy burning the japanese flag! This is total proof that koreans hate japan!"
Literally most youth in korea do not feel hatred towards japan, nor do the majority of japanese youth feel hatred towards korea. If anything, cultural exchange between the two demographics have been occuring, probably one the most in its history.
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Dude this is the 1st time i came across your channel. Never ever have i listened to geopolitics which was explained as entertaining as you did. The amount of edit, humour, funny dialogues etc that has gone into the making of this video is insane. You earned a sub mate. Keep growing.
Amen brother
Where was the humor and funny dialogue?
Didn't these ''naysayers'' has been talking ''hidden crisis'' for the 75 years????? !!!😏😏😏
Slice and dice it all you want, still Korea is 1,000 better than the rest of your countries and only going stronger, lol !!!🔥🔥🔥
Whenever I don't have a new h0ser video, I'm also having a hidden crisis
Well researched, very coherent and i love the editing and wittiness of the jokes 😅😂😂
Absolutely hilarious while still being very informative and interesting 😩👍
A good idea for a video might be to compare and contrast all the countries that are about to go through massive demographic crisises, and both how they got there and how they (plan) are going through it. I’m thinking of namely Russia, Germany, Canada, Japan, China, and South Korea. Maybe also a bit about what sets the select few countries, such as France and the US, that have avoided this trap, apart from the rest.
It would be funny if USA also had an incoming demographic collapse, since they hate migrants and their anchor kids so much, yet they can't be bothered to have white children of their own.
France has a birthrate of 1.8 which is higher than the 1.6 of Germany but still below the minimum 2.1. Also despite that it's immigration rate is significantly lower than Germany's.
Canada is doing much better than France, what are you talking about
The US "avoided" the trap because it has high immigration.
@@ericlee6145 this. White Americans have 1.5, asian Americans even less at 1.38... That's lower than even Germany.
Personally think any economic system could really survive the demograpic collapses that countries like China, Japan and SK are facing (a lot of Europe in the near future). I think were gonna see differing levels of bad, but from a fundemental point of view, having a demographic pyramid that's upside down sounds like a death blow for future growth. it's a death spiral (negative feedback loop) where younger generations have to support a larger older generation, hence have a lower standard of living and less kids but because the next generation is even smaller the same pattern keeps repeating until something breaks.
Immigration works, but that requires considerable cultural concessions. Something Korea and Japan are very afraid of.
At the end of the day a country's fortunes change as time goes on. This has always been true of people and in history. Great empires rise and fall. Countries enter a golden age and enter a dark age. It's all a part of history.
It's just really gonna suck for the young Koreans who has wealth when they are born but has to go through a steep decline in their lifetime. This is basically the same cliche story of a kid growing up in a wealthy family but as soon as his parents die he finds out that their wealth was all on borrowed money and he is on the hook for paying the creditors. He can declare bankruptcy but it's also gonna suck when he has to apply for a mortgage.
BTW this doesn't just apply to Korea but other western countries. They are all consuming more than they produce. It's all gonna catch up to them soon. The only sad part is the overconsumers will die fat and happy whereas their kids will have to suffer the consequences. I only hope that the collapse will happen after I die but it doesn't look my wishes will come true.
@@flutterwind7686Something that you should be very careful with. From a Swede.
@@flutterwind7686 immigration is only a temporary plaster over much larger issue. Many underdeveloped countries outside of Africa and Middle East are already nearing birth rates of 2.1, eventually these countries themselves will run into problems. Most of South Asia will start loosing people in 25 years, SE Asia maybe 10-15 years, so this is not a good solution long term. Eventually I think humans will need to accept that population can't always keep growing or remain stable, it'll decline once countries develop, and should design their social security structures keeping this in mind. But politicians can't think beyond the next election cycle
Its a myth that economic difficulties will lead to fewer kids - in every country that has tried financual incentives to make people have more kids, its failed every time. Its not about finances at all (indeed, this is why poorest countries in the world have many kids with no problems), but rather its about the mindsets women have towrds families and childbirth
easily the best video regarding south korea that i have ever seen
Very well put the complicated issues into simple explanations.
I can confirm the joke about the average Korean thirdgrader is, in fact, no joke at all.
I thought English in Berlin, for a while and tutored a Korean kid for a while. Precisely third grade. Loved that little kid to death. Dude was chewing up ~ 9th grade math like it was nothing.
We had to get him into a bi-lingual school quick, otherwise german authorities were threatening to take him away from his mom (very long story, but bottom line - fuck standard german educational institutions _|_).
My boy went from barely any English to getting accepted with flying colors. And that was all while battling Tourette's. Must have cussed me out a million times in Korean. Proudest moment of my life 🥳
Lmao at least it was korean. That's a huge amount of stress to handle at such a young age, hope he's doing well. And good on you for helping him on his journey, that's some life-changing support you gave him
ngl if u can't do calculus by 6th grade u r screwed in south kor
East Asia's Poland=Korea
Wait why were the authorities threatening to take him away??
@@LimeBoy-oo6ph It's a bit of a long story, but basically, he and his mom (double doctorate in music) came to Berlin because of his older sister, who was already a genius harp player at age 13-14. So she got some opportunities with the Berlin Philharmonic/UDK (Universität der Künste, one of the best art schools in Europe, apparently).
At that time, when moving to Germany, kids coming in from abroad had to go to so-called 'Greeting schools' - either they didn't have time to apply him for anything else, or his mom was hoping it would be ok (generally, those schools are a bit more specialised, in order to help the children integrate more easily).
It was not. This was in the early aftermath of the refugee wave from Syria, so the school was full of kids that didn't want to be there and were lashing out at the one asian kid. Plus, the teachers turned out to be shit, so he got mistreated on that front, as well. Which would all cause his Tourette's to get worse, leading to more bullying. So his mom kept him away and went to talk to them multiple times. Finally, they called a hearing in the school, where she told them she wants the pull him out of there.
However, in Germany it is illegal so much so that you can get fined and PROSECUTED if you keep your kid out of school long enough. So the staff there, sticks up their asses and all, wouldn't make an exception for him, AND ALSO threatened her they would alert the authorities, should she be unable to get him into a new school in a very limited amount of time. I was already teaching him at that point, but we kicked things into high gear once we found out about it. He'd also started a treatment for the Tourette's, so we pulled through, all together.
0:03 MacArthur: Nuke Em!
Truman: No!
MacArthur: NUKE EM!
Truman: NO!
MacArthur: AH COME ON!
Truman: You’re fired
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Pure gold!
thought it was Eisenhower who told him no
@@somezsaltz6835 that was 1950-51, Eisenhower wasn't president until 52
Bruh this is literal cyberpunk dystopia
I love how ur videos are so educational but have the visuals of a shitpost.
I LOVE IT
It seems like the biggest problem for Korea is not the chaebols or even the birth rate but rather the growing global geopolitical tensions. Korea's largest trade partner is China yet it relies on the USA for protection from the North. That seems like a very difficult, if not impossible line to tread in the future. At some point they will have to make it more clear which line they stand on and it will the harm the country either way.
what do you mean more clear which line we stand on? It's already pretty clear is it not
@@joeysung311 If tensions increase between China and the USA - for example China invades Taiwan - and the USA imposes sanctions like it has on Russia, would Korea follow? It would cripple their economy if they did. I was the under the impression the previous administration under President Moon was seeking to toe a line between the two countries in the interest of the health and continued growth of Korea's economy.
It would also cripple the USA's economy if they did it right now in 2022 to an extent but they are already taking measures to wean themselves off Chinese dependance in many different sectors. The picture could be very different in 2030.
@@ethansaltmere actually china's economy is already collapsing plus with protests because of usa not exporting chips to china but i know what you mean cus of the tensions between the two ever increasing but the sk part that might be later cus main focus is whether usa will continue to stop chip export to china or recontinue the chip export idk what will happen next.
@@ethansaltmereIt is very difficult to choose one side, but most Koreans hate China and appreciate the United States.
@@ethansaltmere and they still have to worry about North Korea not the Kim regime but when DPRK collapses someone has to step up to control the situation in the North therefore they would have to make some kind of deal with China
This is the best use of infographics I have ever seen in a long time.... I was never caught off track or uninterested (other than the ad, I just don't like any ads) in the video. Instant sub, and now a major source of news. I love it, h0ser!
I... love this channel. Thanks for keeping it real.
mic and editing has gotten so much better since i started watching during the pandemic. proud of you h0ser!
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Thes videos are literally the best informational videos on UA-cam keep up the good stuff
It's informational in some way, but nothing tells us that it is a good source. Getting information from these videos is not a good way of learning...
@@pedroleal1078 it gives you a big idea picture and trains your thinking to connect the dots across multiple realms...i love this video and really think it is invaluable
Studied 16 hours a day for 360 days and I failed the exam that takes place once a year. Now I have to move to Australia to go to an University.
Don't get too excited. I'm Australian and things aren't good here either.
@@angusyates828 atleast the education system is better than in korea and the high suicidal rate among students
@@angusyates828 yup, most Koreans seemed to have some sort of fantasy about the west, but in reality we also have our own set of problems.
@@colmar7002 So true.
I love how you storytel this!
Imposible to not love this channel.
Even tho h0ser probz don’t have a PhD, I really like his presentation style lmao. Got its charms
phds are overrated.
Why would he need a PHD??
pretty huge di
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@@h0ser 😂
"The f*cking hate eachother"
Yep, that's been Asia since the existance of Asia
Or the world since the existence of the world
East Asia is the OG balkans region
A very simplified and wrong idea of east asian history
Not really. They started hating each other when USA entered the scene.
If Japan didn't exist, Korea and China would've got a long.
wow I'm from korea and your video made things very clear what the problem korea is having to me- thanks for this highly informative video!
I may not represent entire Korean society but In my opinion in relationship with Japan and China, old people tends to hate Japan because they are close to the Japanese colonial period (1910~1945) but quite a few young Korean and Japanese like each other due to the cultural exchange. (K-pop, K-drama, Japanese food, anime&games) Rather, young people tends to dislike China due to the political issues. (China's Northeast Process, COVID-19, cultural differences)
By the way, why the word '재벌' is pronounced 'chaebol'? 'Jaebeol' is more close pronunciation, ㅈ never sounds ch- (its more like j or z), chaebol sounds like '체벌' which means ''corporal punishment'...
젊은 한국인들은 덕분에 침략자 일본에 대한 피해자로서의 역사를 똑바로 보지 않고 잊어가는 민족으로 되어가고 있죠.
If "cultural difference" is a factor when disliking china then why not having the same approach towards japan? There is nothing south koreans could like about japan beyond political values , which is not sufficient enough to make both koreans and japanese like eachother, and japan and koreans have nothing in common culturally speaking
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On that last point, if I had to work +16 hours daily just to "live" an average, run-of-the-mill life which consist of only eating and working, I would absolutely consider it a hellish punishment
@@u2beuser714 I think "cultural differences" is not the best way to put it. More like china is currently the biggest geopolitical threat to korea right now. They have the big military that could threaten korea's sea routes and whatnot, and they also support north korea's government in some ways too.
I swear every Korean media I ever see and I have see a good bit has the main charcter drowning in debt and pretty miserable.
I have seen that apparently loads of elderly in the nation are struggling as well. They never got their money. Like they never got the savings because SK developed so fast and thus they have to keep working.
I just realized this too. My all time favorite K-Drama Comedy series "High Kick through the Roof" has its plot kick off because of debt and the concept of having very little money and having to resort to sad and drastic means to stay afloat is present throughout the whole series. And this series was made in like 2005-2009
That made me wonder. two of Korean best known production, Parasite and Squid Games, have the same premises; people with financial struggle doing everything they can to survive.
People are beginning to figure out that the feudalism style wage theft that is characteristic of capitalism is a failure and a scam! So the whole system needs an overhaul.
I think it's very telling when most (well, most of what I've seen anyway) korean webtoons and manhwa are about power fantasies, a bunch of inflated numbers of cash (like fr, they throw out all these numbers and I don't even get how I'm supposed to feel about them? Like of course 3 billion won is a lot but when you're throwing out "billions" of wons every other panel it gets ineffective), and getting out from a struggling life just from one lucky situation (like getting op powers, etc)
I dont think what u think is true. All of people i know including not close who are over 60 enjoye their life a lot. We think elderly is the ones who have both money and time and because of that they enjoy working out and know how to enjoy life. It is youngsters who is economically in difficult situation ingeneral. Of course there are old people who is suffereing financially but those exist in every county.
Just wanted to say I love your content. Amazing geo-political breakdowns with young-adult humor. It’s some of the best 😂
I learned so much with only two videos, thanks!
This is the funniest country explainer video I've ever watched and pretty damn accurate too!
I'm half offended and half really happy to see my nation looking like a very worried tiger with it's mouth open
I'm pretty sure it isn't intentional but it looks really funny xD
Tiger is a pretty cool animal to have as symbol. What is more funny for me is that North Korea has this mythological korean flying horse as their symbol, which perfectly fits how pompous their government is and how delusional are their ideas
@@LuzikArbuzik77 to clear things up I'm really happy with the national animal I'm just saying the way it's drawn looks like its open mouthed worried, which is about accurate to be frank
@@ngjiherhn4034 haha, yeah, I see. Anyway, I hope your country will find a way out of this mess!
Get used to being offended. In America that's all everyone does. Offend racial groups to make themselves feel better because in the end everyone sucks in their own different of ways. SK is just one part of that in the world and it's really about which way of living sucks less. So if you're rich in SK, you can feel pretty secure and stable in SK as well as almost anywhere in the rest of the world, hence the shotgun on the cliff metaphor about Samsung
@@LuzikArbuzik77 Yes but to be fair, flying horses are pretty fucking cool too.
11:20 describing demographic collapse of a nation with a BOING sound is exactly what I'm subscribed
That is one of the rare unbiased overviews on youtube I have see untill now, without any BS. Nice work mate, everything is on point and presented in a simple language.
your videos are so fun and the quick jokes are so well placed , you gave me the interest of learning more about the system of other country
It was so right until you thought that we wouldn’t defend Korea. We are steadily moving toward Asia and away from Europe overall. The main focus is Taiwan but SK is still a priority. Ukraine has brought attention back to the Russian front but the military reforms are pointing toward a pacific campaign.
especially since china may be collapsing in the near future
Yup. The U.S. and Japan are also increasing their collaborations with their militaries.
Agreed, and it should be noted we’re not moving away from Europe per se, just allowing France and Germany to take the more leading role on the continent while we fill in their deficits in the East where Washington is more respected than Brussels. But America’s closest modern allies are in the East - Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Australia (hopefully Vietnam soon) are all critical partners in America’s larger geostrategic gameplan
@@Serching4JerryGarcia Yes, but mainly only the U.S. and Japan, Japan has got some really amazing people who managed to deal with both the Dems and the Reps.
"Asia" is a large place. In the long run US will find it very difficult(not impossible, but still) to defend all of its focus points in the region. And let's be honest, SK is kind of low when it comes in US priority within Asia : their strategic/diplomatic/symbolic importance lacks when compared to Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, India, Vietnam, Aus/NZ (not really 'Asia' but still well within the theatre). Also the US also has to keep its influence in Europe and the Americas as well, so SK is fairly low on the priorities list. If things get sour SK is probably one of the first for the US to withdraw from in order to cut losses and/or focus on a more effective strategic point.
This is made even more evident by the fact that South Korea is pretty much helpless even if the US decides to completely neglect it - no way for SK to bite back by joining China or something due to its insane level of Sinophobia.
Lots of countries about to dive into an economic crash which is a natural consequence of industrializaion. It seems countries just save a bunch of money to prepare for the eventual crash, South Korea has done that decently well
As I am a Korean this is totally correct. This video got everything I wanted to say to korean ppl and other ppl around the world
Amazing video, informative yet funny. Love from Greece
Countries have companies but Samsung is a company with a country.
Modern day Dutch East Indies/British East India company
@@Sceptonic They better hope Samsung doesn't become like standard fruit. Its power over South Korea is nearly at that level.
Samsung is not the only big company in SK. SK LG HYUNDAI HANWHA POSCO HYOSUNG NAVER LOTTE ect.. So many companies are there.
If you know the history of their country, all you can really do is simply respect Koreans. Such amazing resilience.
I respect the Koreans. Nice arse place.
Yeah, real hard workers, they are. But they rose from the ash largely thanks to American security and trade guarantees. With those disappearing quickly, they are pretty much doomed.
But there is hope
Since Korea has excellent human resources as a result of hardening education, it is now necessary to pursue the active use of talent in the right place and in the right place.
In addition, the elderly poverty and the suicide rate of the elderly should be carefully approached as policy works
It is ironic that the elderly employment rate is the number one in the OECD and the elderly poverty rate is also the number one.
And what are Korea's advantages for Korea to develop further? Know this accurately and improve the disadvantages while maximizing the advantages.
There are side effects of compressed growth, but as Korea has grown rapidly, citizens' consciousness and political system have developed to some extent
The following data may be helpful in training Korea. The best rankings should be maximized and supplemented.
According to the British Economist's democracy index, Korea is ranked 16th out of 167 countries surveyed by 2021, higher than Japan, Austria, the United States and France. France is surprisingly empowered by the president, abuse and social unrest.
Next, the Public Integrity Index, which objectively measures corruption in a society, shows that Korea is higher than Japan and Belgium among 117 countries surveyed (out of 200 countries), 18 mandates similar to Luxembourg and Costa Rica
The data is published annually by the European Centre for Anti-Corruption Capabilities.
As of 2022, Korea is ranked 43rd out of 180 countries surveyed. It is similar to the 42nd ranked US, 58th ranked Japan, 72nd ranked Italy and Israel. Last year, it was higher than Taiwan and the United States.
However, the ranking of media credibility is close to the bottom of major countries with the US and France
According to the data evaluating the competitiveness of the cultural field, Korea ranked second in the world in the soft power ranking announced by Monocle of Germany
And in the data released by the UK agency, 19th place between Balgie and Ireland!
The country's credit rating is third in the world (higher than the US and UK), and the innovation index, which assesses how innovative a country is, is announced separately by the European Union and Bloomberg Communications.
R & D spending is the No. 1 OECD and e-government competitiveness is the No. 1 OECD
Next, let's look at how mature the society is (including civic consciousness) and how the quality of life is measured.
According to the Social Development Index, which shows how advanced society is, Korea is higher than the US, Singapore, Italy, UK and Israel by 2021, and 16th place similar to Belgium and Luxembourg
In detail, it ranked 5th in personal safety, 5th in health and welfare, 1st in information and communication accessibility, and 1st in higher education accessibility among 200 countries.
It is ranked 19th in nutrition and medical support, 26th in water and sanitation facilities, 25th in individual rights, 30th in individual freedom and choice, 32nd in residential environment, and 26th in basic knowledge accessibility. These are also high, but it is a little ambiguous to say good?
The environment is 80 delegates due to the neighboring country (details are brought as of 2020)
According to the Human Development Index, which assesses the development level of the people based on average life expectancy, education level, per capita income, etc., Korea was higher than Luxembourg in Europe in 2020 and 19th in the last year
Britain was ranked 18th and Austria, the US, Spain, Italy and France were ranked lower than South Korea
This data is published annually by the United Nations Organization.
There is a separate ranking of human development indexes that reflect inequality. Based on this data, Korea ranked 21st higher than other developed countries such as France, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel
In the 2021 World's Best Country Rankings released by US News, Korea ranked 15th among Norway, Denmark, Italy and Finland among 200 countries
In detail, it ranked 18th in quality of life, 8th in dynamism, 6th in innovation, 7th in cultural influence, 5th in entrepreneurship
In terms of quality of life, public education development is 74, economic stability is 85, job quality is 64, public health system is 55.7
However, family stability and price stability are low, and animal rights are only 18 out of 100 points.
In addition, in the OECD Better Life Index, Korea is ranked 28th overall in 2020 (out of 37 countries). In detail, it is ranked 5th in housing quality and accessibility, 2nd in citizen participation, 11th in education and technology, 17th in quality and availability, and 14th in social equality
Income is 22nd and safety is 24th, which is normal (recently rising to 11th)
In the questionnaire survey on health, which is a subjective item here, the response is very negative, so the overall ranking is not high
The Vulnerable Country Index, which shows how stable a country is in many areas, shows that Korea is in a very stable group with France and Belgium, and is higher than the stable group with the United States and Britain
This data shows that the criteria for calculation are power struggle, social division, illegal election, minority suppression, recession, manpower outflow, development imbalance, education, public transportation, security, infrastructure, health, religious freedom and civil liberties, Other human rights, establishment and practice of the rule of law, population stability, national credit rating, etc.
Finally, let's look at materials that are difficult to categorize as specific items.
According to the Economic Freedom Index, which measures how economic freedom and legal stability are guaranteed, Korea ranked 27th among 177 countries between Sweden, Norway and Malaysia in 2016
It is currently ranked 25th, higher than Japan, which ranked 30th, and France, which ranked 64th.
@@lizardking3979 what are Korea's advantages for Korea to develop further? Know this accurately and improve the disadvantages while maximizing the advantages.
There are side effects of compressed growth, but as Korea has grown rapidly, citizens' consciousness and political system have developed to some extent
The following data may be helpful in training Korea. The best rankings should be maximized and supplemented.
According to the British Economist's democracy index, Korea is ranked 16th out of 167 countries surveyed by 2021, higher than Japan, Austria, the United States and France. France is surprisingly empowered by the president, abuse and social unrest.
Next, the Public Integrity Index, which objectively measures corruption in a society, shows that Korea is higher than Japan and Belgium among 117 countries surveyed (out of 200 countries), 18 mandates similar to Luxembourg and Costa Rica
The data is published annually by the European Centre for Anti-Corruption Capabilities.
As of 2022, Korea is ranked 43rd out of 180 countries surveyed. It is similar to the 42nd ranked US, 58th ranked Japan, 72nd ranked Italy and Israel. Last year, it was higher than Taiwan and the United States.
However, the ranking of media credibility is close to the bottom of major countries with the US and France
According to the data evaluating the competitiveness of the cultural field, Korea ranked second in the world in the soft power ranking announced by Monocle of Germany
And in the data released by the UK agency, 19th place between Balgie and Ireland!
The country's credit rating is third in the world (higher than the US and UK), and the innovation index, which assesses how innovative a country is, is announced separately by the European Union and Bloomberg Communications.
R & D spending is the No. 1 OECD and e-government competitiveness is the No. 1 OECD
Next, let's look at how mature the society is (including civic consciousness) and how the quality of life is measured.
According to the Social Development Index, which shows how advanced society is, Korea is higher than the US, Singapore, Italy, UK and Israel by 2021, and 16th place similar to Belgium and Luxembourg
In detail, it ranked 5th in personal safety, 5th in health and welfare, 1st in information and communication accessibility, and 1st in higher education accessibility among 200 countries.
It is ranked 19th in nutrition and medical support, 26th in water and sanitation facilities, 25th in individual rights, 30th in individual freedom and choice, 32nd in residential environment, and 26th in basic knowledge accessibility. These are also high, but it is a little ambiguous to say good?
The environment is 80 delegates due to the neighboring country (details are brought as of 2020)
According to the Human Development Index, which assesses the development level of the people based on average life expectancy, education level, per capita income, etc., Korea was higher than Luxembourg in Europe in 2020 and 19th in the last year
Britain was ranked 18th and Austria, the US, Spain, Italy and France were ranked lower than South Korea
This data is published annually by the United Nations Organization.
There is a separate ranking of human development indexes that reflect inequality. Based on this data, Korea ranked 21st higher than other developed countries such as France, USA, Singapore, Hong Kong and Israel
In the 2021 World's Best Country Rankings released by US News, Korea ranked 15th among Norway, Denmark, Italy and Finland among 200 countries
In detail, it ranked 18th in quality of life, 8th in dynamism, 6th in innovation, 7th in cultural influence, 5th in entrepreneurship
In terms of quality of life, public education development is 74, economic stability is 85, job quality is 64, public health system is 55.7
However, family stability and price stability are low, and animal rights are only 18 out of 100 points.
In addition, in the OECD Better Life Index, Korea is ranked 28th overall in 2020 (out of 37 countries). In detail, it is ranked 5th in housing quality and accessibility, 2nd in citizen participation, 11th in education and technology, 17th in quality and availability, and 14th in social equality
Income is 22nd and safety is 24th, which is normal (recently rising to 11th)
In the questionnaire survey on health, which is a subjective item here, the response is very negative, so the overall ranking is not high
The Vulnerable Country Index, which shows how stable a country is in many areas, shows that Korea is in a very stable group with France and Belgium, and is higher than the stable group with the United States and Britain
This data shows that the criteria for calculation are power struggle, social division, illegal election, minority suppression, recession, manpower outflow, development imbalance, education, public transportation, security, infrastructure, health, religious freedom and civil liberties, Other human rights, establishment and practice of the rule of law, population stability, national credit rating, etc.
Finally, let's look at materials that are difficult to categorize as specific items.
According to the Economic Freedom Index, which measures how economic freedom and legal stability are guaranteed, Korea ranked 27th among 177 countries between Sweden, Norway and Malaysia in 2016
It is currently ranked 25th, higher than Japan, which ranked 30th, and France, which ranked 64th.
But in the other hand, we can find that we are miserable and suffering all time.
I mean, other countries has suffers too but, we always have short and small golden ages. Even we are having a glorious and the most powerful age in all South Korean history, but it hasn't even been 100 years and we have to end it, Diving in to New Dark Age.
The birthrate is actually 7.5 by now and dropping (they just had to close almost ten elementary schools in Seoul because the number of students was too low and it is now starting with junior high and high school too), also everyone is miserable and no one marries. Also the biggest chunk live in Seoul and the smaller towns are becoming ghost towns. Just grand. Honestly most Koreans I know who were able to escape Korea and now live in Europe have seriously zero interest in going back.
7.5 ? 😳
It will be 0.68 in 2024 😅
@@Notthebest45 ohh u meant per 1000
I’m a Korean-American. My family members are all native Korean. Poor people are pretty much screwed over. Thankfully, my family saved up a lot over the years, so they live decent lives; however, those who are still in poverty cannot afford homes or close up shop because everything is way too expensive. Not just that, but politicians bend the laws to however is beneficial for themselves, and don’t really care about those in poverty. They’re paid for doing very little impact-less work. It’s all about nepotism and social status. Justice system and police are bribed to prevent drug rings and prostitution rings from being arrested, due to a lot of rich people being involved. They also don’t have backbone against immigrants, so they end up giving foreigners too many privileges and lose more money that way
But you left out some reasons as to why Korea’s population is decreasing. Women are becoming more independent, so some feel like they will be more comfortable without a husband, since they make their own money, but don’t have enough to raise kids.
Also, another reason how Korea got rich aside from Park was the 88 Olympics. Tourists came flooding in, so naturally the economy grew that way as well
Hoser finally securing that bag 😤
I'm noticing that there are patterns to economics:
having resources = pillaged and plundered (I.e. subsaharan Africa, Russia, Arabia)
Having access to trade = $$$ (minus economic security)
Having a defensible position is always preferred but having an educated population does much better for securing the ideals of a country.
I wonder what would come about with s Mars colony.
Obviously it's a very defensible position but what resources would thru procure and how would they transport them to the old world?
Could be used as a astroid mining hub and with enough time agriculture (does not need to deal with pesky environmental and biodiversty laws)
The 3 things you said resources/trade, defend and population are the 3 fundamental elements to create any civilizations.
First, in order to create a place for people to live, you will need to create products that people could use. If you have the resource, people will automatically choose to live in that place to enjoy the resource. If the place is the middleman to trade between other places with different resources, people will live there to enjoy resources from multiple places (trade). Both 2 ways have their own advantages and disadvantages.
Then, you will need defensible position to defend the products. If you have defend but no resources/trade, probably no one will live there. (Looking at Northern Canada and Siberia)
Finally, an ideology. People in that civilization needs to have the same belief so that even when you fail to protect the land and your products, your people with that belief will try to revive their own civilization. (That's why India and China despite being conquered so many times in history still remained as a civilization while... Rome despite being born at the same time as those 2, broke apart into Europe)
About Mars... I think the first step of human colony on Mars would be a mining colony. Extracting resources from Mars like minerals and then ship them back to Earth is much easier than say... producing Iphone there.
@@Ruiseal bro you dont understand jack shit about science or the economy
It would be too hard and pointless to invade a Mars colony. Even if their home country is destroyed the conqueror would benefit more from keeping them alive than killing them. Maybe replace the workers over time and that would be it.
If you want a sci fi scenario play Infinite Warfare lol
@@Little-rb6rb and how is that related for possible uses of a mars colony?
Funny asf and also informative, love this format
Thank you for mentioning Lotte, I found it so werid they had a amusement park with their own bootleg Disney characters. I found it comparable to if monsanto had a amusement park in the US
This must be why they have such amazing metaphorical movies/shows that reflect society in South Korea. We’ve pretty much all seen Squid Games, but two movies you may want to check out are “Parasite (obviously with the Oscar)” and “Burning”.
You are on FIRE in this video lol great job! Educational entertainment is the shit yo
Hoser , your videos have recently been played on auto. And I'm not going to lie , I don't dodge but you make me smart with a little of funny
Your not a comedian but you find a way with a little of graphics, commentary, and real life that kills me lol . Like who knew finding out the world is a laughing joke 😂😂😂
H0ser went no chills mod for this one
The wealth divide is seriously terrible. Even in smaller neighborhoods with thriving (to an extent) small businesses, there's always the threat of it being torn down to make more identical apartment buildings. When it comes to construction teams with all of the necessary paperwork granted by the government, poor neighborhoods are powerless and are forced to relocate or literally just cope. It's been a lot worse in the past, with some of the poor residents even getting killed just to make room for more buildings, but I don't think it's improving to a degree that'll make any change for the future.
I know some of the guys from South Korea in their late 20s who got their citizenship in US, and they said they're really lucky to have "escaped" from SK. And I thought the term escape would be apply to North Korea
Theres a phrase I heard "Asia is heaven for spending money, hell for making money"
@@liben5052 as an American that moved to Asia for a decade, this statement is too true. Vacationing there you will live like a king. Actually living there and experiencing life as a local and making local money is a whoooole different breed lol
Unless you're an expat or already have an existing business or already come from money, or retired living off fat retirement funds given you've been fiscally responsible your whole life. Then you'll be just fine
@@liben5052 Depends. Japan's GDP per capita isn't much lower than the US, but their cost of living is significantly lower
@@jo-shi8759 Concluding Asia into a same group is weird. Asian is really diversed. We don't even have same political ideology, culture and the economy is really different.
@@user-dh3bv1dl4t Yes I understand Asia is diverse, but things are usually similar since they are in the same region.. Just like US/UK/Canada/Australia/NZ etc have similar thinkings with minor differences
League of Legions bit had me in bits 😂
Great video 📹 👍 lots of info 👌
I'd love to hear your thoughts on Germany since you've mentioned it throughout your videos.
Great video as usual!
Some interesting, additional ideas...
The low birth rate is a very complex problem, but I believe the fundamental cause lies in the economy. Yes, Korea is a wealthy country, but it is irrefutable that living in Korea is also very expensive. This is especially true in the real estate market, where the house is simply NOT affordable for many people. If one does not have a proper house to raise a kid, how can we give birth? Besides, raising a child is unusually expensive in Korea. Since educational pursuits are very high, parents have to invest money in private education for their kids. Cost, cost, cost. . . In the end, raising a kid becomes an extravagant burden that deteriorates our already-broken status.
There's also a psychological cause of the low birth rate. I don't think many young people these days find raising a kid as a "must" value. It's either because they were hurt by their parents when they were growing up or because they simply don't like kids. The meaning of "family" is not as significant as before because they weren't happy growing up with their family and some part because of rising individualism.
The company culture in the video... I don't think that's the primary reason. Many companies are getting rid of such distracting working culture these days, (Thank you Covid!) but people still aren't willing to have a kid...so...
These are just my opinion. I have people around who are at the age to become a parent but aren't willing to, and talking with them kinda lets you think these are the reason.
There are many examples of countries with sky high real estate prices and yet a still growing population. The UK for instance continues to grow at over 1.6 births per woman, double that of Korea. Real estate in London has grown 350% in price over the last 20 years. I think Korea, Japan and China are all experiencing a birth slowdown due to more obvious other reasons.
Gangnam Style in background ! Bro you got the real spirit 😂😂
The sc2 reference had me dead 💀