Kangmin Lee
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And then the men aren't like, I hate women.
It's not like that.
It's much more materialistic in nature.
It's really... I would say like...
exacerbated by the extreme competitiveness of corporate culture and things like that in Korea.
Do you think it's an economic?
Is it economics?
Oh yeah, absolutely.
I mean, it is partly economic because the living wages and the wages in general in Korea haven't really caught up to the cost of living.
So all things considered, it is still pretty cheap to live in Korea, but the wages are really low.
And so there's that component too.
So they're all gold diggers.
You gotta figure this out.
I know, I know, but I do think one part of it is the fact that Koreans are so mobile within Korea, and so they can't form communities.
Korea has one of the highest percentages of people, of their population, living in apartments.
And if you know anything about apartments, you don't really talk to your neighbors typically, people move in and out all the time, and you're isolated.
So then if you're isolated from the rest of the world and you're a mother, you're trying to raise your child, but you're like isolated.
You don't have help.
You don't have your parents.
You don't have your relatives.