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Different-Occasion47 t1_iuh2l47 wrote

That's crumby. Population collapse. Can they recover?

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patsharpesmullet t1_iuh4lcj wrote

There would need to be a culture shift to becoming somewhere more welcoming to foreigners. Don't get me wrong I had great experiences in South Korea with the younger generation but anyone in their 40s upwards was definitely a mixed bag.

I wouldn't call it hostile but in the workplace it can be difficult to adjust to the work culture there. If they can enact policies around working hours, working rights, health and safety etc they may be able to attract more immigrants to ease the population decline.

They're also suffering similar social financial issues that we're seeing in the west, so that's exacerbating the problem.

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Technical_Panic_8405 t1_iuh58o3 wrote

Yeah, I saw the YouTube video and it was the woman introducing her black bf to her mom. And her mom was clearly upset, when her bf was being nice and wholesome.

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Ice_Business t1_iuh7r1p wrote

Lol. As if being nice and wholesome is enough. I know a Chinese guy who wanted to marry his Korean girlfriend who was a dentist. Her dad didn't think his career was worthy enough because he made less than her. One of the reasons why he ended up going to dentistry school too.

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