- South Korean young adults aged 15 to 34 who remained economically “inactive” rather than seeking employment reached 590,000 in 2024, an increase of 197,000 from 2019, according to a report released by the state-run Korea Employment Information Service on March 23.
Not sure I can agree with that, but otherwise none of this is surprising. It’s a dystopian, capitalist shithole like most modern countries are.