Young South Koreans have been dubbed the ‘N-Po generation’, forced to give up marriage, having children and more — thanks to job insecurity and high living costs. While they can only hope their sacrifices pay off, the future is not entirely bleak.
Visiting as a tourist with a strong passport is so much easier than actually inmigrating to another country, let alone one with a better living standard, considering SK is technically a first world country already. First, you need to be able to speak the language, then you need either the money to pay for school (if going as a student) or a job waiting for you that the destination country needs filled. You can’t just go and get whatever job you like, there are immigration restrictions on what jobs you can apply for, and the company must be willing to sponsor you. All of that costs a lot of money to top it all off.
Strong honor culture makes it hard to move, you would cut contact with just about everyone you know if you’re not moving to attend a prestigious university or taking a high end job, which is not on the table for the vast majority.
Weird how there is no mass exodus of Korean youth to countries with better living standards considering the have very strong passports.
Language is always a barrier. Without good German skills you have the opportunity of being a cleaning lady or building Autobahn here in Germany.
Also uprooting ones life to a different continent can be expensive
Are there no job positions where English could serve as an fallback language, like in STEM fields. (tech, healthcare, electronics, architecture) ?
That’s kind of the same problem. People whose native languages aren’t indo-European tend to be bad at English, but Asians are a whole different breed.
Korean people suck at English. At least compared to Germans.
Visiting as a tourist with a strong passport is so much easier than actually inmigrating to another country, let alone one with a better living standard, considering SK is technically a first world country already. First, you need to be able to speak the language, then you need either the money to pay for school (if going as a student) or a job waiting for you that the destination country needs filled. You can’t just go and get whatever job you like, there are immigration restrictions on what jobs you can apply for, and the company must be willing to sponsor you. All of that costs a lot of money to top it all off.
Strong honor culture makes it hard to move, you would cut contact with just about everyone you know if you’re not moving to attend a prestigious university or taking a high end job, which is not on the table for the vast majority.