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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Interesting. Why can’t people move to a less expensive town or opt out of the educational prepping insanity?[/quote]
1. good jobs are mostly in the cities, like Seoul, and the majority of good paying jobs are with one of the chaebol (conglomerates) like Samsung, or Google Korea -- these types of jobs are very hard to get, which leads to...
2. unlike the US, there are not many top universities in Korea - there are maybe two - and if you can get in, you are set for life because the top companies will only hire from these companies

There are a lot of great things about Korea, but this kind of pipeline isn't healthy, which is why so many Koreans want to come to the US where the competition is less fierce, and one can get a great job without going to a T20 colleges.
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People stay to 11PM - doing what? Really nothing. Just busy work. Nothing productive.

From the outside if you are hiring the best and the brightest like they claim why is it taking them so long during the day to do basic office work. They don’t sound very bright io me. What go they do? ChatGPT will make 99% of the jobs they are doing worthless anyway.[/quote]
South Koreans aren't very productive workers. They just work a lot of hours, so there's probably a lot of pointless busy work and "presentism" due to the culture.  American workers are significantly more productive. I'm betting their educational system is similar- a lot of time spent in rote learning, but it doesn't seem to result in a productive work force.

[url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_labour_productivity[/url][/quote]

On the other hand South Korea has made amazing progress over the past several decades in terms of economic output.  By GDP it's the fourth largest economy in Asia and 12th in the world, and they did it without a ton of natural resources.  South Korean work culture is toxic, but the country has punched well above its weight on the global stage, largely on the backs of its educated workforce.  Samsung, LG, Kia, and Hyundai are well known brands.

I'm sure the hourly productivity rate of American workers would also plummet if we were expected to stay until 10PM every night.  The South Korean workforce is plenty productive.[/quote]

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