The opinions expressed in this video are those of individual interviewees alone and do not reflect the views of ASIAN BOSS or the general South Korean population. How serious is the issue of wealth gap in your country?
This is an odd one, if a private company wants to put their son as CEO rather than a more qualified candidate, the son CEO will make worse decisions for the company and the company will end up with a smaller market share. If those private companies (which I imagine they are in S.K) have ties to the government, and it's all just a big ball of nepotism, there aint much you can do. Private companies can hire whoever they want, for whatever reason they want, and their decision will rest with them. This kinda stuff happens in government though, which is just unacceptable.
Hi Asian Boss, can you guys do a video on physical punishment and violence in Japanese sports education system（部活, 暴力指導、体罰指導）. How it is common in school sports clubs, for the coach to give out physical punishments, sometimes beatings, as motivational and educational tool. It would be interesting as it is unique to Japan, and not something seen in the west. Also, I don't think any other J-youtuber has covered this topic. thanks
The wealth gap is everywhere, like in USA (I'm sure in other countries too) college is now considered a luxury. Health is considered a luxury. Safety is also considered a luxury too.
The problem is those people's personality, that's why families should raise their children, teaching them that they must not look down at anyone, because we never know what might happen.
Pamela Palma what people fail to understand is to get this filthy rich, people need to screw up other people whether by paying poorly their employees, lobbying to get laws passed that are favorite to them... Looking down at people is natural for them.
I live in an area where two people control all the resources, money, shelter and supplies while everyone else is forced to do all the work without compensation. I live of course in my parent's house....
When I lived at home we received some spending money even though we barely did any chores at all. Very much the opposite of doing 'all the work without compensation'. I guess I was spoiled?
“Without compensation” are you not living in their house? Do you pay rent? No? How about the food on your table? Did you buy that? And your parents are not your servants, it’s only natural that you also take care of the home and contribute to it.
For the type of quality content Asian Boss be dropping these guys deserve a few million subscribers. Keep up the quality work. Very educating for those that are not from the culture.
With power comes irresponsibility. Generally people's ego level increases with increase in riches. This is a global human moral epidemic. We need more EMPATHY in this world.
Science shows that the more money you have, typically the less Empathy you have. As someone who comes from a very elite and rich extended family (my immediate family is lower middle class due to my direct family being screwed out of inheretence, but great grandparents, cousins etc are on forbes rich list), I can pretty safetly say from my experience that empathy is probably the biggest indicator of if you will be rich or not. The more empathy you have, the more likely you will never be rich. Business is a dog eat dog world and only those who can screw others over make it to the top.
I beg to differ. What we need to inculcate more is *inner spiritual morality* . Anyone can have or *declare to have* empathy aka understanding -- and still screw people over behind closed doors. Simply understanding and being in one's shoes doesn't prevent you from doing corruption. But its the *inner core spiritual and moral obligation* that keeps you in check of the clear-cut guidelines of what is right and what is wrong.
already happened some times with other "rich(money)" people in korea. For example a rich customer once went to a Prada shop, but the seller didn't bow in front of her. So the customer became mad and attacked the seller lol
@@ekojay8279 because they watched k drama and don’t actually live in South Korea so the can’t get a real experience so they relate it to k drama use your head🤦🏽♂️
Values and morals are things that take a longer time to develop than an economy. Thus, countries that developed quickly economically like Korea lacked time to develop mindsets. If anything, all we need to do is wait. As time goes, old habits die and newer, better ones will be taught to the next generations. That's our best bet
Alirak Kara I agree, but I think Singapore succeed in this case? Not just in terms of technology and economy but they also have one of the best educated populations? And I heard that they done it in one generation. I mean, if SK are willing, if possible for them to develop equally.
They havent neglected other values. In fact they have a high moral standart locked in their culture, heavily influenced by confucianism and christianity. The fight for survival has made many koreans forget these values and think egoistically instead. Extreme competition and high social standarts are stressing people out. In private koreans are very respectful though.
It feels more like they are still fighting for something.. idk what tho. The parents of my ex-gf (korean) required me to study sth., otherwise they wouldn't 'accept' me... primitive! In germany you get better paid without studying, but with a Ausbildung... but still they didn't want to understand that different world lawl. I mean, it's not everywhere fuced up as in korea..
All I can say about the wealth gap in S Korea is that Korean people are still carrying the Joseon/Goryeo era of inheritance to the modern society, for instance, it was the higher people (King, Government, Scholars, etc) who can always stay on top and now it is still the higher people (businessman/woman that owns a big company) but with a different title. It's a big issue yet it's not an easy one to change.
It's the same every where.... Everything & Anything can happen if you have money 😕 nothing is going to change in a hurry. I believe most of what is mentioned in the video.
Maina Edward I believe there are rich people who also want to help people dealing with poverty problems. I just hope they make more movies or dramas on how good it is to help people who need money and food. There should be more donation programs so that more people live better, live healthier.
Basketball For Life donations will only help the most impoverished families and it's not a permanent solution, either. As long as the current capitalism persists, there's always going to be increasing income gap between the richest and the poorest individuals. The rich get richer (generally @ a rate directly proportional to the personal capital) and the poorest lack realistic and practical means to get themselves out of poverty. Instead of minimising the negative consequences of the current situation (i.e. donations and grants for those in need), the root cause of the massive (and increasing) income gap needs to be addressed. A bottle with a leak will never fill up NO MATTER HOW MUCH WATER YOU POUR. Find a way to CLOSE THE LEAKING HOLE and we've found ourselves a P E R M A N E N T solution. Of course, the devil's in the details.
I don't think so. They are materialistic but very kind, respectful to others, especially the elderly, and honest. My son left a special hat for sun protection in Seoul. Was right where he left it at a bus stop when we returned the next day. My husband lost TWO hats (exactly the same as my son's) in Thailand and also a swimsuit left in a suitcase in a hotel while we traveled away for the night and a tote bag at a bus stop. The tote bag and one the hats we went back for them within three minutes. Gone. Someone also actually stole my sunglasses from my tray on a bus in Vietnam while I was snoozing. I won't even go into with Ukraine because it's so ridiculous there. Laptop, GPS and camera gone. Watch your stuff in Ukraine.
I mean South Korea has one of the lowest income inequalities, so the wealth gap is better than most countries. I don't really think it is a wealth gap problem, but the personalities of those who possess substantial wealth
In Asia, South Korea is only behind Japan with income equality according to the gini coefficient. Of course there still is poverty, like any country, but it's a true statement.
The most egalitarian places on the planet are the worst. North Korea, East Germay, China (particularly during Mao's time) were and are still a LOT more egalitarian than South Korea, West Germany (even today) and Hong Kong (even today). But people were (and still are) continuously escaping from the North to the South, from East Germany to the West (before the Berlin wall fell), from Mao's China to Hong Kong, and also, from egalitarian Cuba to the US (with very high income inequality, at least during Castro's time and the height of communism in Cuba). Also note that Hong Kong is highly unequal, but there's almost nothing like absolute poverty in Hong Kong. So, yea, income inequality in itself, isn't even necessarily a bad thing.
I'm not talking about income inequality, I am talking about wealth inequality; they are different things. Income is how much money a person makes from their job on an annual basis but wealth is the total accumulation of money. Bernie Sanders posted a research chart (from an Ivy League school, I forget which one) about wealth inequality throughout the OECD and the USA was the worst and South Korea was #2. Unequal wealth pertains to issues such as uneven taxation of properties, dividends, investments, etc....
Funny thing is it was pretty much the same in old USA where a few family had family owned conglomerate. Some of those family did immoral things too. One guy even called mafia to shoot at his own employee if you know who I am talking about. As time goes, if people are aware of these problems and act with good conscience, things will get better. Its just we need more time to cope with this.
S.K. Yu If that happens, one good way to deal with the said problem is to host a party where the riches meet common folk, a party where they can talk face to face and share their personal experiences on what they like and dislike, maybe that will make things going in a better direction.
it's similar cause of the hyper-capitalistic nature of South Korea, there's a good chance it would just stay this way though, especially considering the USA were the first to make such experiences with their system
S.K. Yu Funny thing is, that it's really not funny because it happens even to this day. Just ask our current great leader who likes to "just grab them by the pu$$y." It doesn't matter how "developed" we think we are, it still happens here too.
Well, both countries have ups and downs. Which country is better? I think that is subject to our views. What I want to say is that, USA has longer history of capitalism which already went through many similar downside of Korea's capitalism today. Most notably, transition from family owned business to Professional CEOs. I think this family issue covered in the video can be alienated if this transition happens.I think it will happen sooner or later. Even though its not gonna happen tommorow.
What I also find interesting is that I have met several Korean people (here in Seoul) that are preparing to be flight attendants, and despite all of the scandals with Korean Air, that is still the top company that they want to work for
Look down on, yelling, bullying, treating like a slave is not just a "rich thing" in Korea, it's part of their culture. Their culture is probably the most hierarchical in the world.
The people interviewed expressed themselves in an intelligent and thoughtful manner. The ROK has a bright future with young people such as those who spoke in this video.
i liked the one guy's thought who was theorizing about giving his company to someone qualified. its probably quite easy: if you build a company to make money, then you will probably keep it in your family. but if you build a company because the work it does is important to you, then you probably want to find someone who loves the company and everything it is about as much as you do and is qualified to lead it. seems like in the past korean company founders were all about the money making.
So do you mean you build a company then pass it to someone you’re not related to? They are not going to betray you right? How about your children? Isn’t it good to pass it to your children to keep your legacy?
@@misssecret471 As the guy in the interview (very wise guy), he stated that it's easy to act with high morals when you're not in the actual position of wealth. In other words, it's easy for people to judge the wealthy for keeping the wealth in the family but anyone can have change of heart when they're actually in their position. a very self aware man.
If you did asian boss here in America, we would be a joke. Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino. They all think about what they say and they're very well educated on the topic and offer very insightful opinions.
With great power comes great responsibility. Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself. These are two things that everyone should abide by.
I was born in Southern Europe and there we don't have that kind of problem! I remember when I was a kid, my grandmother was a maid at a wealthy family's house and they all treated her so well (including me). We were treated like family members. They even got me a scholarship in order to go to college. Today I live in a South American country (a so called third world country) and wealthy people treat their employees and poor people so well. I guess economic growth it's not everything!
I myself spent pretty much my whole life dealing with issues related to power and money not only outside my family but even within my family and I'm just terrified by how money can sometimes become an evil thing if it came in the hands of the wrong people who has bad intentions and motives to harm other people in society and even close family members by using the power of money and high position Humans are not saint nor sinners but I believe that humans do have this tendency towards raising above others but sometimes if this isn't granted for them easily they use manipulation and exploitation in order to get to where they want , Because of this very same issue I sometimes become anxious because of the insecurity of not being rich enough to stand up for myself against the people who has more money in the society than I do because of that I feel bad every time I see an abuse of the people who belong to the lower class in society and there's absolutely nothing I can do to stop these kind of horrible behaviors from happening and I right now began to lose faith in humanity .
This wealth gap caused by ultra rich families is not unheard of in Asia, especially China. But this scandal is really interesting because this abuse of power has gone too far, at least from I have seen, rich people are busy earning more to climb to the top rather than easily pissing off by an employee that she has to throw a cup at him/her
Wouah thank you this is huge, I always thought about this topic when watching wealth portrayed in media, and documentaries about the elderly and social security issues.
this was one of the most interesting topics in the last time for me, because i knew nothing about this. i can only say, i hope more and more people speak up about their bad experiences at work. if there are only a few, the rich families will buy their way out of trouble somehow. but if everyone speaks up some kind of change will start...
I am glad Asian Boss covered this topic. But I also wanted to hear abt the close rela with the government of chaebols. It should be a market everyone gets an equal chance to grow, within the company with less nepotism and outside, with support for easy active entrepreneurship. Not only those with privileges and protection. I understand that back in the day, gov chose to support chaebols to grow Korean economy in fast pace, and this shows that Koreans know that. Bc their economy grew very fast due to gov helped important industries to boost productivity, tech and heavy industries, so chaebols grew very strong. I also read the system affected the education too. It was the right thing to do. But now I think Korea should revise their policies and direction, encouraging more entrepreneurship and creative innovation,it may create less GDP at first, but it is a steady move for fair competition. Stats really say there is lack of startups in SK. I don't know much abt this issue, it's just wht I have read and my viewpoint.
If you want to know more about it, a way to dive into this gapjil problem is through the drama "Remember". When this scandal disappears, I hope that the employee who reported the problem will be okay, things can get much worse to him/her now
This reminds me of political dynasties. Wherein at one point, a reigning family will gain a toxic sense of superiority in the social class. That attitude is very likely and very common to happen in cases like this, and I am not surprised, but very saddened. On a side note; the way Koreans in the video are describing Korea's economy boomed makes me understand their social situation a bit more. What I've noticed about those countries that suddenly grow powerful is that they often lack time to develop their mentalities and moralities alongside the economy, and often retain a "third world" attitude. It is why Chinese are often seen as disrespectful and rude by foreigners. Or why majority of elder Koreans have more say in certain things than the younger generations. Or why Americans sometimes have a sorta bad reputation because of the immigrant population that came from less advanced countries who are not yet very accustommed to the western style of living Honestly, I think these people just need more time. More time to adjust themselves, more time to learn. As time goes on, old and less practical habits will die out, and people will be able to advance.
Alirak Kara more time is not going to solve anything brah. This kind of stuff happens in the United States all the time and you don't hear about it because they pay people off. It has nothing to do with immigrants and everything to do with human nature. These people are so wealthy because they focus their time amassing their fortunes and not on raising their kids properly. If anything, they should hire someone competent to help them raise their kids.
From what I've seen its not the immigrants from America that have a bad reputation around the world, but the born and raised Americans that think America is the center of the universe, that english is a must know language in America despite there being no official language - while in other countries expecting people to cater to them in English rather than making an effort, and many other ethnocentric views. Those are the Americans that have a bad reputation. Heck there are Canadians that have similar ethnocentric tendencies, but Canadians hardly have the kind of poor reputation that Americans do, which is why many Americans pretend to be Canadian while traveling. Canadians actually make fun of those views, because while there are some Canadians with the same views, they seem to represent a much smaller percentage of the population than in America.
This comment smacks of racism/xenophobia and if you claim you aren't racist then you are clearly operating on unconscious biases making you believe that somehow white Americans are superior to the immigrant population. No Americans from the United States have a bad reputation including white Americans because many Americans tend to be lacking in culture, sophistication and a worldly education (you just have to look at those (white Americans) protesting with guns against confinement because they want to get a haircut to get an idea of what the average Americans is like). For me, this is the epitome of a 'third world' attitude, as you say. This has nothing to do with race or a problematic immigrant population and all to do with education.
At some point I agree (as rich act as royalty at that days), but Koreans have good moral values, it is just that thing (come from Confucianism) that rich is superior to poor one and boss is superior to employee. I'm against western "bro culture" on work, but that supremacist ideology should be gone, as some people say in video "employees are not your servants".
In my islamd we have two kinds of rich people, the ones who look like your typical rich eating everything with truffles and poisonous seafood and the workaholic ones that look like ordinary people and eat cheap food like me, a college student. Surprisingly, both are likely to wear shorts and flip flops everywhere they go. This is as stereotypical as I can get 😂😂😂
Then this truly reflects the kdrama in how the rich treats the poor or who have less. They said that kdrama is nothing like the real Korea but guess not.
These families were smart keeping the wealth to themselves, they should avoid this type of scandal, but this is nothing to them, and saying they should hand down their company to some stranger is insane, to give stability to the family is one of the reasons they created this company in the first place.
That’s right. I don’t understand why Koreans hate this when they are not the one helping to build the company. They blame the wealth gap on the rich and hate them for passing the companies to theirs children.
From the way things are going though, things are getting better little by little :) The conscious efforts ro reduce poverty, more awareness of corruption, etc....if it continues this way, it will get better. We'll just have to wait and see
you do know that current president of philippines kicked someone off helicopter to death before? he's a textbook psychopath... but yeah best of luck to those living in Philippines
If that is true, then he wouldnt be the first to do that.....I mean, if it is, then that is pretty sad. But something like that shouldnt let us look at him as both a person and a leader. For example: i didnt like former pres. Aquino on a personal level, but i didnt completely dislike him as a president. Same with DU30. If he was my age, he wouldnt be the first person I'd be friends with, but there are traits of his that make him a suitable leader for the current condition of phil.
are you actually trying to defend him to certain degree? no durante THREATENED the other government officials that if they disobey him he will kicked them out of the helicopter, which he claims he did it before. not to mention the needless bloodbath he's caused in Philippines already. so, his actions as a president is reflected by his psychopathic attitude. he's different from past korean dictator park chung hee. although many koreans don't like him even still, park chung hee at least had class and morals. durante is just a pig.
I am just saying that he has both flaws and strengths--like anyone else. And sometimes we need to take in account that we need to separate those flaws and strengths into someone who is both a person and a leader. Sometimes he says things that are a bit over the top, but he DID tell people to take his words with a grain of salt. Maybe you missed that. The bloodbath you mentioned? Many of these cases are not directly his fault--in fact, most of the time, it is the fault of the other end too. I dont like him completely, but I dont dislike him completely either. He isnt a pig. He is just human :/
It is interesting though that the GINI a measure of wealth inequality (100 means one person has all the income that year, 0 means everyone has the same income) for South Korea is 34 (2015 CIA) and worse for the United States at 41 (2017 WTO). China comes in even worse at 46.5 (2016 CIA).
Perhaps so but I guess the important thing is that the middle class is massive and very wealthy in USA. If the top richest are just extremely wealthy compared to other nations' wealthiest people, it sort of just skews the statistics there
Isn't it an irony? Korean see "gapjil" as smth bad (according to the interviewees) however they practice this seniority "sunbae" thing which the older is powerful towards the younger, which sometimes can lead into verbal (and physical?) abuse.. Hmmm.. Someone please enlighten me with my confusion...
Really late, but the culture is actually changing a lot. In the younger generations, it is actually considered very rude and inappropriate to force others to do things just because you are older. There is a term called 꼰대"kkonde" which means somebody who uses their age or power to force others to do things their own way. So, to answer your question, people getting mad at this incident is all a part of the changing culture!
Inheritance is a real thing. Children inherit what their parents built for them. Now add concept of investment(using other's money to grow big) and you see the perfect reason for wealth gap. Solution : Organisation should be made to money via charity(or selling at a very low prices) (eg. open source software companies).
Great video again. Being from The Netherlands I've personally not really heard anything like this and I don't think this is a wide spread thing. Our economy was build over several hundred years, so I guess that helped if it's true what the interviewees think.
In Japan, there are many "politicians" occupations that tend to emphasize "pedigree". Other, general companies in Japanese society don't like Japanese companies "pedigree" TOP!
And god forbid if a common man climbs up the ladder, he won't be seen / recognised for his work in such a state of things! But be linked to having friends with the chaebol!
They should encourage people to start their own companies, become competition to those chaebols or at least no longer dependent on them for a job. This will even the playing field
I live in an island if Greece and because I am foreigner (Spanish) and I dont have relatives or friends ( aka connections) I am unable to find job even tho I have better qualifications than others. And I am talking about jobs like seller in a clothes shop,nothing really fancy.
Yaenien Moon You can apply to be a tour guide for Spanish or Americans/English speaking people. If not, you can always apply to be translator/language teacher of some kind
I am not surprise even from ancient times the world have always use wealth against those who are not wealthy. The Root is the Power of MONEY how it can completely change a person. If you love Korean drama check out the drama " Money Flower" with the great actor Jang Hyuk.
Earning achievements based on merit often takes hard work & dedication. If merit isn't held in high regard, there's less incentive (beyond one's personal integrity & honor) to put in the time & effort to go, essentially, nowhere while those who lie, cut corners, &/rely on bloodline reap all the rewards; however undeserved. It's an incredibly unattractive failing in any society or circumstance.
Regarding the wealth gap, South Korea's Gini index, which is a number indicating the wealth distribution inequality, is 34.1 which is lower than Japan and the United States. It's no Scandinavian country like Finland but it's not doing bad. If they reach the twenties then they'll be among the European countries.
Another awesome video. I hope that with more Korean living abroad and having a better understanding of slavery poverty and income inequality things change for the better. They are the only ones that can change it. There will always be gap but it shouldn't be too big like in USA. Or Korea.
When they said the Wealth Gap In Korea is big, theyve already failed to understand the reality LOL Compared to US gap, Korean gap isnt really that huge.
Luis Carrion uh no its not. America is not even number one on that, Mexico is. America is number four. South Korea is number 25 just between Germany and France.
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. That would be true with chaebols too. It's hard though to find a middle ground unless may be by stocks. If the owners and their families owned stocks and managing directors and other workers were kept strictly on merit. That might help.
Abuse of power and stopping others from gaining similar power is a very old thing in my country it all started with the British colonisation and even before that what the last interviewee told about 'malicious greed' has been deep seeded in my country it runs through everyone (some exceptions are always there). I would like to see local democracy and redistribution of wealth among poor communities and wealthy to solve this issue even though iam not an expert but I think this will be beneficial in the short term atleast.
One way to stop them is to stop buying their products. Second, communities should come together and give the big businesses a competition even if you start small. Start a movement to support smaller companies so that you help them grow & eventually give those conglomerates a competition & hopefully for them to die off. Support smaller companies & promote competition to eliminate monopoly or oligopoly. Start a movement & demand from your government to encourage & implement equal opportunities, equal treatment in the workplace, encourage & help small businesses grow, & to stop the oligarchs from controlling & monopolising the country’s economy. Stop flying using Korean Air, don’t buy Samsung products, etc.
Even in the UK in small communities business owners are best friends with the police and they do favours for each other so them and their families can do whatever they want as long as they have the power and money...
Is "gapjil" something that exists in Asia because they have that mentality that they have to agree with things around them so they don't have to go against the flow? I read that Koreans might even agree with you when you bring an idea to them, even if they disagree with you, but actually they are avoiding to be confrontational.
I personally disagree. Yes, Koreans for the most part try to avoid confrontation. But imagine that you end up serving your boss at your job, you follow procedures exactly as told to, and your boss tells you that you’re wrong? That’s exactly what happened in the “nut gate” situation. That is what gapjil is. It is not an issue with the society’s core values, but an issue of the attitudes that the elite carry over the commoners. These few elite have been handed everything in life, and they expect everything how they want it. If people want to fight against them, they have all the connections possible to end careers. South Korea already has a tough enough job market as is, imagine getting fired for arguing back to the Vice President of your company, even if you were correct by company policy. You would never land a well paying job at any other company. That is the unfortunate truth of gapjil and the consequences it poses to common working class South Koreans. If you want a job in the competitive market, sometimes you have to keep your mouth shut even when you know you’re right. Not because society tells you to go with the flow and keep inner peace, but because you need to keep a roof over your head and food on the table.
I kinda agree with that one guy that this is a moral issue, but I disagree with him that these thing should have legal consequences. It's the only thing that remind these people they are not above everyone.
The level of discontent has already reached a boiling point as people are becoming more and more bold to stand up to the rich. Korean government needs to step in quicking to arrest this issue before riots and killing break out. It’s quite a pity as Korae is so beautiful. The lack of humanity is happening everywhere in rich developing countries as people becoming more materialistic. One way is for government to introduce meditation into schools. Some western countries have already started and they see many good results in the overall behavior of children growing up.
Don’t forget how these people build these conglomerates. They have great government financing and support. They are just lucky to be chosen. The second and third generations had it easy just because they are born into these families.
The opinions expressed in this video are those of individual interviewees alone and do not reflect the views of ASIAN BOSS or the general South Korean population. How serious is the issue of wealth gap in your country?
Asian Boss very serious there are people with golden toilets and people dying of hunger
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Asian Boss talk about the now canceled summit between trump and n birth Korea
This is an odd one, if a private company wants to put their son as CEO rather than a more qualified candidate, the son CEO will make worse decisions for the company and the company will end up with a smaller market share. If those private companies (which I imagine they are in S.K) have ties to the government, and it's all just a big ball of nepotism, there aint much you can do.
Private companies can hire whoever they want, for whatever reason they want, and their decision will rest with them.
This kinda stuff happens in government though, which is just unacceptable.
Hi Asian Boss, can you guys do a video on physical punishment and violence in Japanese sports education system（部活, 暴力指導、体罰指導）. How it is common in school sports clubs, for the coach to give out physical punishments, sometimes beatings, as motivational and educational tool. It would be interesting as it is unique to Japan, and not something seen in the west. Also, I don't think any other J-youtuber has covered this topic. thanks
All that money and they couldn't buy themselves some class.
well u can LOL u only need to go to school for it LOL
True that 👏
exactly.
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The wealth gap is everywhere, like in USA (I'm sure in other countries too) college is now considered a luxury. Health is considered a luxury. Safety is also considered a luxury too.
That's why Vote for Socialism
The whole Chaebol thing is a Korea thing.
Not really.
College and healthcare aren't that expensive
Bro said everywhere and then gave another hypercapitalistic country (the one that forced the other one be also become one) as an example
The problem is those people's personality, that's why families should raise their children, teaching them that they must not look down at anyone, because we never know what might happen.
Money is the route of all evil
Pamela Palma what people fail to understand is to get this filthy rich, people need to screw up other people whether by paying poorly their employees, lobbying to get laws passed that are favorite to them...
Looking down at people is natural for them.
I live in an area where two people control all the resources, money, shelter and supplies while everyone else is forced to do all the work without compensation. I live of course in my parent's house....
M Alc Where is it? In Asia? Would like to hear mor of your case, if you tell me :) Greetings
He's actually referring to his parents. LOL
Lol
When I lived at home we received some spending money even though we barely did any chores at all. Very much the opposite of doing 'all the work without compensation'. I guess I was spoiled?
“Without compensation” are you not living in their house? Do you pay rent? No? How about the food on your table? Did you buy that? And your parents are not your servants, it’s only natural that you also take care of the home and contribute to it.
For the type of quality content Asian Boss be dropping these guys deserve a few million subscribers. Keep up the quality work. Very educating for those that are not from the culture.
So a son in that rich af family will make a perfect cliché kdrama plot
Shimrbae 482 along with the typical monster-in-law! ^^
Lmao yes
Shimrbae 482 well said !
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South Korea : We have huge wealth inequality
India : Hold my beer
um, what ?
@@iceberg789 it’s a joke it’s technically just saying India has it far worst
Lol😂😂....and not lol at the same time☹
I hope that a change will come soon, in all countries.
India has far far back away than Korean
Yep, India even has castes.
With power comes irresponsibility. Generally people's ego level increases with increase in riches. This is a global human moral epidemic. We need more EMPATHY in this world.
material superior societies. this is why I love Nordic countries the most, everyone in any job is respected.
Science shows that the more money you have, typically the less Empathy you have. As someone who comes from a very elite and rich extended family (my immediate family is lower middle class due to my direct family being screwed out of inheretence, but great grandparents, cousins etc are on forbes rich list), I can pretty safetly say from my experience that empathy is probably the biggest indicator of if you will be rich or not. The more empathy you have, the more likely you will never be rich. Business is a dog eat dog world and only those who can screw others over make it to the top.
BoroNation !! Im sure their parents get away with it more.
I beg to differ. What we need to inculcate more is *inner spiritual morality* . Anyone can have or *declare to have* empathy aka understanding -- and still screw people over behind closed doors. Simply understanding and being in one's shoes doesn't prevent you from doing corruption. But its the *inner core spiritual and moral obligation* that keeps you in check of the clear-cut guidelines of what is right and what is wrong.
You mean sympathy
I thought this only happens in Korean dramas. I pity those employees.
already happened some times with other "rich(money)" people in korea. For example a rich customer once went to a Prada shop, but the seller didn't bow in front of her. So the customer became mad and attacked the seller lol
Why does everyone keep on relating real life to Kdrama and Kpop. Seriously
@@ekojay8279 because they watched k drama and don’t actually live in South Korea so the can’t get a real experience so they relate it to k drama use your head🤦🏽♂️
@@ekojay8279some stories in Kdramas are actually based on real life issues in Korea tho
South Korea progressed really fast in terms of their technology and economy but at the same time I think they neglected other good values.
Values and morals are things that take a longer time to develop than an economy. Thus, countries that developed quickly economically like Korea lacked time to develop mindsets. If anything, all we need to do is wait. As time goes, old habits die and newer, better ones will be taught to the next generations. That's our best bet
Alirak Kara I agree, but I think Singapore succeed in this case? Not just in terms of technology and economy but they also have one of the best educated populations? And I heard that they done it in one generation. I mean, if SK are willing, if possible for them to develop equally.
They havent neglected other values. In fact they have a high moral standart locked in their culture, heavily influenced by confucianism and christianity. The fight for survival has made many koreans forget these values and think egoistically instead. Extreme competition and high social standarts are stressing people out. In private koreans are very respectful though.
Fact: wealth gap is bigger in America
It feels more like they are still fighting for something.. idk what tho. The parents of my ex-gf (korean) required me to study sth., otherwise they wouldn't 'accept' me... primitive!
In germany you get better paid without studying, but with a Ausbildung... but still they didn't want to understand that different world lawl. I mean, it's not everywhere fuced up as in korea..
this channel is really amazing!! such interesting topics!
They all seem so smart! Imagine what would happen if they interviewed Americans about the US’s wealth gap...
Jackson Taylor lol, i know what you mean
Amen. Half wouldn't understand the phrase "wealth gap" and the other half would think you're a Stalinist. Such a depressing place.
Low income Americans don’t even know they are low income. Most consider themselves middle class and are probably far from it.
i really value this kind of journalism. i hope you guys can stay like this for a long time despite possible external pressures
All I can say about the wealth gap in S Korea is that Korean people are still carrying the Joseon/Goryeo era of inheritance to the modern society, for instance, it was the higher people (King, Government, Scholars, etc) who can always stay on top and now it is still the higher people (businessman/woman that owns a big company) but with a different title. It's a big issue yet it's not an easy one to change.
It's the same every where.... Everything & Anything can happen if you have money 😕 nothing is going to change in a hurry. I believe most of what is mentioned in the video.
Maina Edward I believe there are rich people who also want to help people dealing with poverty problems. I just hope they make more movies or dramas on how good it is to help people who need money and food. There should be more donation programs so that more people live better, live healthier.
yep like Bill Gates
Basketball For Life donations will only help the most impoverished families and it's not a permanent solution, either. As long as the current capitalism persists, there's always going to be increasing income gap between the richest and the poorest individuals.
The rich get richer (generally @ a rate directly proportional to the personal capital) and the poorest lack realistic and practical means to get themselves out of poverty.
Instead of minimising the negative consequences of the current situation (i.e. donations and grants for those in need), the root cause of the massive (and increasing) income gap needs to be addressed.
A bottle with a leak will never fill up NO MATTER HOW MUCH WATER YOU POUR. Find a way to CLOSE THE LEAKING HOLE and we've found ourselves a P E R M A N E N T solution. Of course, the devil's in the details.
I am so addicted to this channel, love the topics. Keep it up Asian boss! 😍
JuveBuffo yeah the topics are getting more interesting and unique
Great work Asian Boss.
The morality issue is actually a pretty big problem with a lot of South Koreans, not just the ultra-rich
I don't think so. They are materialistic but very kind, respectful to others, especially the elderly, and honest. My son left a special hat for sun protection in Seoul. Was right where he left it at a bus stop when we returned the next day. My husband lost TWO hats (exactly the same as my son's) in Thailand and also a swimsuit left in a suitcase in a hotel while we traveled away for the night and a tote bag at a bus stop. The tote bag and one the hats we went back for them within three minutes. Gone. Someone also actually stole my sunglasses from my tray on a bus in Vietnam while I was snoozing. I won't even go into with Ukraine because it's so ridiculous there. Laptop, GPS and camera gone. Watch your stuff in Ukraine.
No amount of money should be an excuse for poor manners. Plenty of poor decent folks with proper manners out there.
I mean South Korea has one of the lowest income inequalities, so the wealth gap is better than most countries. I don't really think it is a wealth gap problem, but the personalities of those who possess substantial wealth
Donghyun Kim its more a crisis of character exacerbated by power abuse
its basically liking employees to servants by mega conglomerate families
In Asia, South Korea is only behind Japan with income equality according to the gini coefficient. Of course there still is poverty, like any country, but it's a true statement.
The most egalitarian places on the planet are the worst.
North Korea, East Germay, China (particularly during Mao's time) were and are still a LOT more egalitarian than South Korea, West Germany (even today) and Hong Kong (even today).
But people were (and still are) continuously escaping from the North to the South, from East Germany to the West (before the Berlin wall fell), from Mao's China to Hong Kong, and also, from egalitarian Cuba to the US (with very high income inequality, at least during Castro's time and the height of communism in Cuba). Also note that Hong Kong is highly unequal, but there's almost nothing like absolute poverty in Hong Kong.
So, yea, income inequality in itself, isn't even necessarily a bad thing.
South Korea is actually #2 in the OECD in wealth inequality behind only the USA :(
I'm not talking about income inequality, I am talking about wealth inequality; they are different things. Income is how much money a person makes from their job on an annual basis but wealth is the total accumulation of money. Bernie Sanders posted a research chart (from an Ivy League school, I forget which one) about wealth inequality throughout the OECD and the USA was the worst and South Korea was #2. Unequal wealth pertains to issues such as uneven taxation of properties, dividends, investments, etc....
Funny thing is it was pretty much the same in old USA where a few family had family owned conglomerate. Some of those family did immoral things too. One guy even called mafia to shoot at his own employee if you know who I am talking about.
As time goes, if people are aware of these problems and act with good conscience, things will get better. Its just we need more time to cope with this.
S.K. Yu If that happens, one good way to deal with the said problem is to host a party where the riches meet common folk, a party where they can talk face to face and share their personal experiences on what they like and dislike, maybe that will make things going in a better direction.
it's similar cause of the hyper-capitalistic nature of South Korea, there's a good chance it would just stay this way though, especially considering the USA were the first to make such experiences with their system
S.K. Yu
Funny thing is, that it's really not funny because it happens even to this day. Just ask our current great leader who likes to "just grab them by the pu$$y." It doesn't matter how "developed" we think we are, it still happens here too.
S.K. Yu What about today? It is still the same in US .
Well, both countries have ups and downs. Which country is better? I think that is subject to our views.
What I want to say is that, USA has longer history of capitalism which already went through many similar downside of Korea's capitalism today. Most notably, transition from family owned business to Professional CEOs. I think this family issue covered in the video can be alienated if this transition happens.I think it will happen sooner or later. Even though its not gonna happen tommorow.
Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely
Can you interview Korean War Veterans who are South Korean?
Jackson Taylor add to that list, north Korean veterans and Chinese veterans. Then it would really be interesting
"Chaebol" kind of happens in the Philippines but not as much on the corporate world but on the government. We call it political dynasty.
It happen everywhere
Well, the video is the first time I've known this scandal. Can anyone show the information of this scandal? :-0
Google.
송민경 와...너는 정말 예의가 없네
they reported about it in france! i saw it on a website the other day!
Don't "google" it, duckduckgo it, its better for your privacy and faster.
Names
Thank you very much! :-0
What I also find interesting is that I have met several Korean people (here in Seoul) that are preparing to be flight attendants, and despite all of the scandals with Korean Air, that is still the top company that they want to work for
ShinyBeltBuckles bcz it pays a lot and there are not many things to prepare for being flight attendants compared to other jobs
Look down on, yelling, bullying, treating like a slave is not just a "rich thing" in Korea, it's part of their culture. Their culture is probably the most hierarchical in the world.
Enkhtaivan Ganbat So true.
The people interviewed expressed themselves in an intelligent and thoughtful manner. The ROK has a bright future with young people such as those who spoke in this video.
i liked the one guy's thought who was theorizing about giving his company to someone qualified. its probably quite easy: if you build a company to make money, then you will probably keep it in your family. but if you build a company because the work it does is important to you, then you probably want to find someone who loves the company and everything it is about as much as you do and is qualified to lead it. seems like in the past korean company founders were all about the money making.
So do you mean you build a company then pass it to someone you’re not related to? They are not going to betray you right? How about your children?
Isn’t it good to pass it to your children to keep your legacy?
@@misssecret471 As the guy in the interview (very wise guy), he stated that it's easy to act with high morals when you're not in the actual position of wealth. In other words, it's easy for people to judge the wealthy for keeping the wealth in the family but anyone can have change of heart when they're actually in their position. a very self aware man.
This happens around the entire world; every country. It doesn't matter how slow, steady or fast a country grows.
If you did asian boss here in America, we would be a joke. Koreans, Chinese, Japanese, Filipino. They all think about what they say and they're very well educated on the topic and offer very insightful opinions.
I've binge watching all videos for the past few weeks. Love this channel!
I like the camera work and color grading of this video. I think it suited Koreans and their environment better
With great power comes great responsibility. Do not do to others what you do not want done to yourself. These are two things that everyone should abide by.
I was born in Southern Europe and there we don't have that kind of problem! I remember when I was a kid, my grandmother was a maid at a wealthy family's house and they all treated her so well (including me). We were treated like family members. They even got me a scholarship in order to go to college. Today I live in a South American country (a so called third world country) and wealthy people treat their employees and poor people so well. I guess economic growth it's not everything!
this is great. Thanks Asian boss
I myself spent pretty much my whole life dealing with issues related to power and money not only outside my family but even within my family and I'm just terrified by how money can sometimes become an evil thing if it came in the hands of the wrong people who has bad intentions and motives to harm other people in society and even close family members by using the power of money and high position
Humans are not saint nor sinners but I believe that humans do have this tendency towards raising above others but sometimes if this isn't granted for them easily they use manipulation and exploitation in order to get to where they want ,
Because of this very same issue I sometimes become anxious because of the insecurity of not being rich enough to stand up for myself against the people who has more money in the society than I do because of that I feel bad every time I see an abuse of the people who belong to the lower class in society and there's absolutely nothing I can do to stop these kind of horrible behaviors from happening and I right now began to lose faith in humanity .
This wealth gap caused by ultra rich families is not unheard of in Asia, especially China. But this scandal is really interesting because this abuse of power has gone too far, at least from I have seen, rich people are busy earning more to climb to the top rather than easily pissing off by an employee that she has to throw a cup at him/her
Wouah thank you this is huge, I always thought about this topic when watching wealth portrayed in media, and documentaries about the elderly and social security issues.
I can totally relate to what the interviewees are saying, it’s the same where I’m from. The wealth gap is on a different level
I like that the young Koreans candidly say that they might behave the same if they get to that position of power.
self awareness. A trait that's very rare among youth.
this was one of the most interesting topics in the last time for me, because i knew nothing about this.
i can only say, i hope more and more people speak up about their bad experiences at work. if there are only a few, the rich families will buy their way out of trouble somehow. but if everyone speaks up some kind of change will start...
I am glad Asian Boss covered this topic. But I also wanted to hear abt the close rela with the government of chaebols. It should be a market everyone gets an equal chance to grow, within the company with less nepotism and outside, with support for easy active entrepreneurship. Not only those with privileges and protection. I understand that back in the day, gov chose to support chaebols to grow Korean economy in fast pace, and this shows that Koreans know that. Bc their economy grew very fast due to gov helped important industries to boost productivity, tech and heavy industries, so chaebols grew very strong. I also read the system affected the education too. It was the right thing to do. But now I think Korea should revise their policies and direction, encouraging more entrepreneurship and creative innovation,it may create less GDP at first, but it is a steady move for fair competition. Stats really say there is lack of startups in SK. I don't know much abt this issue, it's just wht I have read and my viewpoint.
If you want to know more about it, a way to dive into this gapjil problem is through the drama "Remember". When this scandal disappears, I hope that the employee who reported the problem will be okay, things can get much worse to him/her now
Your videos are always great! They show a very interesting perspective on serious matters in Asia.
I was hoping Monique would conduct the interview
This reminds me of political dynasties. Wherein at one point, a reigning family will gain a toxic sense of superiority in the social class. That attitude is very likely and very common to happen in cases like this, and I am not surprised, but very saddened.
On a side note; the way Koreans in the video are describing Korea's economy boomed makes me understand their social situation a bit more. What I've noticed about those countries that suddenly grow powerful is that they often lack time to develop their mentalities and moralities alongside the economy, and often retain a "third world" attitude. It is why Chinese are often seen as disrespectful and rude by foreigners. Or why majority of elder Koreans have more say in certain things than the younger generations. Or why Americans sometimes have a sorta bad reputation because of the immigrant population that came from less advanced countries who are not yet very accustommed to the western style of living
Honestly, I think these people just need more time. More time to adjust themselves, more time to learn. As time goes on, old and less practical habits will die out, and people will be able to advance.
Alirak Kara more time is not going to solve anything brah. This kind of stuff happens in the United States all the time and you don't hear about it because they pay people off. It has nothing to do with immigrants and everything to do with human nature. These people are so wealthy because they focus their time amassing their fortunes and not on raising their kids properly. If anything, they should hire someone competent to help them raise their kids.
From what I've seen its not the immigrants from America that have a bad reputation around the world, but the born and raised Americans that think America is the center of the universe, that english is a must know language in America despite there being no official language - while in other countries expecting people to cater to them in English rather than making an effort, and many other ethnocentric views.
Those are the Americans that have a bad reputation. Heck there are Canadians that have similar ethnocentric tendencies, but Canadians hardly have the kind of poor reputation that Americans do, which is why many Americans pretend to be Canadian while traveling. Canadians actually make fun of those views, because while there are some Canadians with the same views, they seem to represent a much smaller percentage of the population than in America.
This comment smacks of racism/xenophobia and if you claim you aren't racist then you are clearly operating on unconscious biases making you believe that somehow white Americans are superior to the immigrant population. No Americans from the United States have a bad reputation including white Americans because many Americans tend to be lacking in culture, sophistication and a worldly education (you just have to look at those (white Americans) protesting with guns against confinement because they want to get a haircut to get an idea of what the average Americans is like). For me, this is the epitome of a 'third world' attitude, as you say. This has nothing to do with race or a problematic immigrant population and all to do with education.
At some point I agree (as rich act as royalty at that days), but Koreans have good moral values, it is just that thing (come from Confucianism) that rich is superior to poor one and boss is superior to employee. I'm against western "bro culture" on work, but that supremacist ideology should be gone, as some people say in video "employees are not your servants".
kdramas are not totally made up stories !
In my islamd we have two kinds of rich people, the ones who look like your typical rich eating everything with truffles and poisonous seafood and the workaholic ones that look like ordinary people and eat cheap food like me, a college student. Surprisingly, both are likely to wear shorts and flip flops everywhere they go.
This is as stereotypical as I can get 😂😂😂
Then this truly reflects the kdrama in how the rich treats the poor or who have less. They said that kdrama is nothing like the real Korea but guess not.
These families were smart keeping the wealth to themselves, they should avoid this type of scandal, but this is nothing to them, and saying they should hand down their company to some stranger is insane, to give stability to the family is one of the reasons they created this company in the first place.
it's normal to want to pass it down to there family members. They started the business to help there family, your right.
That’s right. I don’t understand why Koreans hate this when they are not the one helping to build the company. They blame the wealth gap on the rich and hate them for passing the companies to theirs children.
Yall should see the Philippines rich gap.
From the way things are going though, things are getting better little by little :) The conscious efforts ro reduce poverty, more awareness of corruption, etc....if it continues this way, it will get better. We'll just have to wait and see
you do know that current president of philippines kicked someone off helicopter to death before? he's a textbook psychopath... but yeah best of luck to those living in Philippines
If that is true, then he wouldnt be the first to do that.....I mean, if it is, then that is pretty sad. But something like that shouldnt let us look at him as both a person and a leader.
For example: i didnt like former pres. Aquino on a personal level, but i didnt completely dislike him as a president. Same with DU30. If he was my age, he wouldnt be the first person I'd be friends with, but there are traits of his that make him a suitable leader for the current condition of phil.
are you actually trying to defend him to certain degree? no durante THREATENED the other government officials that if they disobey him he will kicked them out of the helicopter, which he claims he did it before. not to mention the needless bloodbath he's caused in Philippines already. so, his actions as a president is reflected by his psychopathic attitude. he's different from past korean dictator park chung hee. although many koreans don't like him even still, park chung hee at least had class and morals. durante is just a pig.
I am just saying that he has both flaws and strengths--like anyone else. And sometimes we need to take in account that we need to separate those flaws and strengths into someone who is both a person and a leader.
Sometimes he says things that are a bit over the top, but he DID tell people to take his words with a grain of salt. Maybe you missed that. The bloodbath you mentioned? Many of these cases are not directly his fault--in fact, most of the time, it is the fault of the other end too.
I dont like him completely, but I dont dislike him completely either. He isnt a pig. He is just human :/
It is interesting though that the GINI a measure of wealth inequality (100 means one person has all the income that year, 0 means everyone has the same income) for South Korea is 34 (2015 CIA) and worse for the United States at 41 (2017 WTO). China comes in even worse at 46.5 (2016 CIA).
Samsung Group is like 27% of Korean economy. Something is not right here.
Fact: wealth gap is much bigger in U.S
Perhaps so but I guess the important thing is that the middle class is massive and very wealthy in USA. If the top richest are just extremely wealthy compared to other nations' wealthiest people, it sort of just skews the statistics there
Whoa, that girl with the flower pattern shirt is very well spoken 👏👏👏
I love this channel. I got to learn alot of Asian country.
I love Arya Stark
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Isn't it an irony? Korean see "gapjil" as smth bad (according to the interviewees) however they practice this seniority "sunbae" thing which the older is powerful towards the younger, which sometimes can lead into verbal (and physical?) abuse.. Hmmm.. Someone please enlighten me with my confusion...
Really late, but the culture is actually changing a lot. In the younger generations, it is actually considered very rude and inappropriate to force others to do things just because you are older. There is a term called 꼰대"kkonde" which means somebody who uses their age or power to force others to do things their own way. So, to answer your question, people getting mad at this incident is all a part of the changing culture!
aoooy tutti very glad to know that youngsters are learning to stop olders bullying. Very well done.
The employee will take the money and shut up obviously, that's why nothing change
can't be bigger than the wealth/gdp/salary gap between north Korea and south korea
Fascinating!
Inheritance is a real thing. Children inherit what their parents built for them. Now add concept of investment(using other's money to grow big) and you see the perfect reason for wealth gap.
Solution : Organisation should be made to money via charity(or selling at a very low prices) (eg. open source software companies).
Blood relatives are usually trustworthy and higher positions are mostly about doing decisions for the top figure. That’s the value of chaebols.
Great video again. Being from The Netherlands I've personally not really heard anything like this and I don't think this is a wide spread thing. Our economy was build over several hundred years, so I guess that helped if it's true what the interviewees think.
In Japan, there are many "politicians" occupations that tend to emphasize "pedigree". Other, general companies in Japanese society don't like Japanese companies "pedigree" TOP!
Wow! I saw Kimchi oppa there!♥️♥️♥️ Very good guy!
now any time i hear this, i think of that Drama 'The Good Witch' xD haha
Gapjil is a great word.
And god forbid if a common man climbs up the ladder, he won't be seen / recognised for his work in such a state of things! But be linked to having friends with the chaebol!
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They should encourage people to start their own companies, become competition to those chaebols or at least no longer dependent on them for a job. This will even the playing field
I live in an island if Greece and because I am foreigner (Spanish) and I dont have relatives or friends ( aka connections) I am unable to find job even tho I have better qualifications than others. And I am talking about jobs like seller in a clothes shop,nothing really fancy.
Yaenien Moon You can apply to be a tour guide for Spanish or Americans/English speaking people. If not, you can always apply to be translator/language teacher of some kind
The Greek economy problems are bad recently unfortunately
I am not surprise even from ancient times the world have always use wealth against those who are not wealthy. The Root is the Power of MONEY how it can completely change a person. If you love Korean drama check out the drama " Money Flower" with the great actor Jang Hyuk.
Earning achievements based on merit often takes hard work & dedication. If merit isn't held in high regard, there's less incentive (beyond one's personal integrity & honor) to put in the time & effort to go, essentially, nowhere while those who lie, cut corners, &/rely on bloodline reap all the rewards; however undeserved. It's an incredibly unattractive failing in any society or circumstance.
Trying to find definition of gapjil after watching dkdktv about irene red velvet scandal. That is terrible behavior
Regarding the wealth gap, South Korea's Gini index, which is a number indicating the wealth distribution inequality, is 34.1 which is lower than Japan and the United States. It's no Scandinavian country like Finland but it's not doing bad. If they reach the twenties then they'll be among the European countries.
Great video, thanks
Another awesome video. I hope that with more Korean living abroad and having a better understanding of slavery poverty and income inequality things change for the better. They are the only ones that can change it. There will always be gap but it shouldn't be too big like in USA. Or Korea.
This clip reminded me of the tv show Succession.
When they said the Wealth Gap In Korea is big, theyve already failed to understand the reality LOL Compared to US gap, Korean gap isnt really that huge.
Actually, in the OECD, the USA is #1 and South Korea is #2 in terms of the highest amount of wealth inequality.
Luis Carrion uh no its not. America is not even number one on that, Mexico is. America is number four. South Korea is number 25 just between Germany and France.
You might be referring to income inequality.......I'm referring to wealth inequality.
In Italy we call gapjin (sorry if I misspell) bossing (or mobbing of it's made by your equal) and it's illegal.
Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. That would be true with chaebols too. It's hard though to find a middle ground unless may be by stocks. If the owners and their families owned stocks and managing directors and other workers were kept strictly on merit. That might help.
I think this answers why a lot of South Koreans don't want reunification.
I swear this family sounds like it should be in Persona 5 as a palace lol
Abuse of power and stopping others from gaining similar power is a very old thing in my country it all started with the British colonisation and even before that what the last interviewee told about 'malicious greed' has been deep seeded in my country it runs through everyone (some exceptions are always there).
I would like to see local democracy and redistribution of wealth among poor communities and wealthy to solve this issue even though iam not an expert but I think this will be beneficial in the short term atleast.
One way to stop them is to stop buying their products. Second, communities should come together and give the big businesses a competition even if you start small. Start a movement to support smaller companies so that you help them grow & eventually give those conglomerates a competition & hopefully for them to die off. Support smaller companies & promote competition to eliminate monopoly or oligopoly. Start a movement & demand from your government to encourage & implement equal opportunities, equal treatment in the workplace, encourage & help small businesses grow, & to stop the oligarchs from controlling & monopolising the country’s economy. Stop flying using Korean Air, don’t buy Samsung products, etc.
Wtf is this for real? There is even a kdrama aired a few weeks ago exactly about something like this lol
literally cyberpunk
Even in the UK in small communities business owners are best friends with the police and they do favours for each other so them and their families can do whatever they want as long as they have the power and money...
Is "gapjil" something that exists in Asia because they have that mentality that they have to agree with things around them so they don't have to go against the flow? I read that Koreans might even agree with you when you bring an idea to them, even if they disagree with you, but actually they are avoiding to be confrontational.
Being unconfrontational and being pervasive at Gapjil are two diff things .. Gapjil is more related to materialism...
The dude in the video said "gapjil" is when people in power mistreat their subordinates. What is your conception of "gapjil" then?
I personally disagree. Yes, Koreans for the most part try to avoid confrontation. But imagine that you end up serving your boss at your job, you follow procedures exactly as told to, and your boss tells you that you’re wrong? That’s exactly what happened in the “nut gate” situation.
That is what gapjil is. It is not an issue with the society’s core values, but an issue of the attitudes that the elite carry over the commoners. These few elite have been handed everything in life, and they expect everything how they want it. If people want to fight against them, they have all the connections possible to end careers.
South Korea already has a tough enough job market as is, imagine getting fired for arguing back to the Vice President of your company, even if you were correct by company policy. You would never land a well paying job at any other company. That is the unfortunate truth of gapjil and the consequences it poses to common working class South Koreans. If you want a job in the competitive market, sometimes you have to keep your mouth shut even when you know you’re right. Not because society tells you to go with the flow and keep inner peace, but because you need to keep a roof over your head and food on the table.
I kinda agree with that one guy that this is a moral issue, but I disagree with him that these thing should have legal consequences. It's the only thing that remind these people they are not above everyone.
Anyone else notice how awesomely pretty the girl in the brown top at 5:03 is ?
한국 너무 고인물이야..
Its nothing new in Korea. Samsung, Lotte, etc tons of scandals without any punishments. Money/status is above the law in Korea.
Chaebols: South Korea a corporate nation? Methinks yes.
The level of discontent has already reached a boiling point as people are becoming more and more bold to stand up to the rich. Korean government needs to step in quicking to arrest this issue before riots and killing break out. It’s quite a pity as Korae is so beautiful.
The lack of humanity is happening everywhere in rich developing countries as people becoming more materialistic. One way is for government to introduce meditation into schools. Some western countries have already started and they see many good results in the overall behavior of children growing up.
Don’t forget how these people build these conglomerates. They have great government financing and support. They are just lucky to be chosen. The second and third generations had it easy just because they are born into these families.
Here in the Philippines one word: nepotism.
i know this is like 4 yrs ago but
one day time will come to those who abuse power
will break down and never get up on their own feet