What is life really like in South Korea and do many…
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What is life really like in South Korea and do many Koreans really want to move to other countries because of competition and terrible working conditions?
Hello everyone, I'm from Russia and I'm 20 years old and when I was a teenager I watched a lot of South Korean films and I still love Korean culture and I continue to watch and also listen to Korean music and especially I love BTS.
Also, as a teenager, I saw high South Korean salaries similar to Western Europe and the overall development of the country thanks to its infrastructure the spread of digitalization and automation and high-tech production everywhere. So I had a desire to live in South Korea, but when I decided to know more about life in South Korea, I discovered that this country has terrible capitalism and many Koreans work 60-70 hours a week, often without overtime pay, and there is terrible hazing and competition at work that's why South Korea has a very high suicide rate then I realized that I would only like to live there as a tourist or work for a foreign company where working conditions are similar to European ones.
And also that high nominal South Korean salaries are high for developing countries, but in South Korea, due to the high cost of living, these are low salaries and the poor residents live like in the movie "parasites." I heard that in South Korea, even if you know your school subjects perfectly, it is often impossible to get good grades and successfully pass exams and get a higher education because the competition is so high and there are many smart students like you.
Is this all true and how much do Koreans who have not received any education beyond compulsory school actually earn net and how badly do they live and is it really so bad that they live in 6 square meter rooms in the basement and live from paycheck to paycheck?Can Koreans refuse to work more than 40 hours a week and tell their boss to go to hell if he bullies them and violates their rights if they do not strive for high positions and are ready to work for a minimum wage? Is it true that working conditions and competition in Korea are so unbearable that many Koreans are thinking about moving to other countries to get an education and work where they could achieve a much better standard of life?
If anyone is interested in Russia, we have a sparsely populated country and very little competition and there is a shortage of workers, which is why the unemployment rate is one of the lowest and many work 40 hours per week and usually the salaries of even a retail or fast food worker start from $700-800, and for higher positions from $1000, and the cost of living in Russia is half that of South Korea and getting a higher education and a good job is quite easy if you are a secondary student .
I also heard that in South Korea it's almost impossible to avoid mandatory military service. What are the conditions of military service? In Russia, military service is hell if you're not physically strong and can't fight against the bastards who are trying to force you as a newbie in the army do all the work for them, like everyone has to take turns cleaning the toilets and not sleep half the night guarding the warehouse with weapons and ammunition, and if you are new to the army, there are bastards who will try to force you to do it instead of them when it is their turn and if you refuse, they will try to physically abuse you by putting your head in the toilet or they will force you to spend the whole night in -15 degrees below zero, endlessly repeating military regulations and threatening to beat you up.
Also, the Russian armies have disgusting barracks that look like prison dormitories but without bars, and they have the cheapest shitty food that can even be spoiled, and there can be problems with heating and hot water. All devices that can be used to access the internet are also banned, and in the Russian army, officers and generals are trying to send illegal conscripts to participate in the war in Ukraine.
They will forge documents or force them to do so through various threats and pressure, including on the families of conscripts. I am a pacifist and also my height is 188 centimeters and I weigh 67 kilograms and for me to lift even 50 kilograms a little from the ground level and drag it several tens of meters is a very difficult task After which my whole body will hurt and my breathing will be temporarily impaired. So I definitely shouldn't join the army because I won't be able to fight against those strong bastards and I don't want to accidentally end up in a war in Ukraine.
Pretend to be with mental disorder or some kind of illness can be unreliable, so I just made a decision when my deferment from the army ends when my studies are completed, I will go to live in Uruguay or Paraguay to avoid the army, and if a citizen does not live in Russia for more than six months and does not return, then he is no longer on military registration And no one is trying to draft him into the army, and if he returns to Russia only at 30 years old, when the draft age for the army ends, then there will be no punishment for this.
How does it work in South Korea if someone is a pacifist and wants to avoid military service for the same reasons I do? Can such a citizen simply leave the country and not return until the end of conscription age for the army and is there the same hazing as in the Russian army?Sorry for such a long message. I'm just really interested in knowing more about South Korea
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Hello everyone, I'm from Russia and I'm 20 years old and when I was a teenager I watched a lot of South Korean films and I still love Korean culture and I continue to watch and also listen to Korean music and especially I love BTS.
Also, as a teenager, I saw high South Korean salaries similar to Western Europe and the overall development of the country thanks to its infrastructure the spread of digitalization and automation and high-tech production everywhere. So I had a desire to live in South Korea, but when I decided to know more about life in South Korea, I discovered that this country has terrible capitalism and many Koreans work 60-70 hours a week, often without overtime pay, and there is terrible hazing and competition at work that's why South Korea has a very high suicide rate then I realized that I would only like to live there as a tourist or work for a foreign company where working conditions are similar to European ones.
And also that high nominal South Korean salaries are high for developing countries, but in South Korea, due to the high cost of living, these are low salaries and the poor residents live like in the movie "parasites." I heard that in South Korea, even if you know your school subjects perfectly, it is often impossible to get good grades and successfully pass exams and get a higher education because the competition is so high and there are many smart students like you.
Is this all true and how much do Koreans who have not received any education beyond compulsory school actually earn net and how badly do they live and is it really so bad that they live in 6 square meter rooms in the basement and live from paycheck to paycheck?Can Koreans refuse to work more than 40 hours a week and tell their boss to go to hell if he bullies them and violates their rights if they do not strive for high positions and are ready to work for a minimum wage? Is it true that working conditions and competition in Korea are so unbearable that many Koreans are thinking about moving to other countries to get an education and work where they could achieve a much better standard of life?
If anyone is interested in Russia, we have a sparsely populated country and very little competition and there is a shortage of workers, which is why the unemployment rate is one of the lowest and many work 40 hours per week and usually the salaries of even a retail or fast food worker start from $700-800, and for higher positions from $1000, and the cost of living in Russia is half that of South Korea and getting a higher education and a good job is quite easy if you are a secondary student .
I also heard that in South Korea it's almost impossible to avoid mandatory military service. What are the conditions of military service? In Russia, military service is hell if you're not physically strong and can't fight against the bastards who are trying to force you as a newbie in the army do all the work for them, like everyone has to take turns cleaning the toilets and not sleep half the night guarding the warehouse with weapons and ammunition, and if you are new to the army, there are bastards who will try to force you to do it instead of them when it is their turn and if you refuse, they will try to physically abuse you by putting your head in the toilet or they will force you to spend the whole night in -15 degrees below zero, endlessly repeating military regulations and threatening to beat you up.
Also, the Russian armies have disgusting barracks that look like prison dormitories but without bars, and they have the cheapest shitty food that can even be spoiled, and there can be problems with heating and hot water. All devices that can be used to access the internet are also banned, and in the Russian army, officers and generals are trying to send illegal conscripts to participate in the war in Ukraine.
They will forge documents or force them to do so through various threats and pressure, including on the families of conscripts. I am a pacifist and also my height is 188 centimeters and I weigh 67 kilograms and for me to lift even 50 kilograms a little from the ground level and drag it several tens of meters is a very difficult task After which my whole body will hurt and my breathing will be temporarily impaired. So I definitely shouldn't join the army because I won't be able to fight against those strong bastards and I don't want to accidentally end up in a war in Ukraine.
Pretend to be with mental disorder or some kind of illness can be unreliable, so I just made a decision when my deferment from the army ends when my studies are completed, I will go to live in Uruguay or Paraguay to avoid the army, and if a citizen does not live in Russia for more than six months and does not return, then he is no longer on military registration And no one is trying to draft him into the army, and if he returns to Russia only at 30 years old, when the draft age for the army ends, then there will be no punishment for this.
How does it work in South Korea if someone is a pacifist and wants to avoid military service for the same reasons I do? Can such a citizen simply leave the country and not return until the end of conscription age for the army and is there the same hazing as in the Russian army?Sorry for such a long message. I'm just really interested in knowing more about South Korea
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