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East Asian country described in the subreddit as a place characterized by elitism, classism, and rigid beauty standards where people are judged harshly based on appearance and status.

Mentions (12)
"He was an English teacher in Korea. We don't know what happened but I'm 99% sure it was suicide, if not, an OD."
My brother was found dead in a hotel room in Laos yesterday. · u/zesaltyspy · ↑798 · 2024-05-01
"Art from Korea has become so popular in the west and it is entirely unnatural and forced. Zoomers in particular think that anything Korean is the best because they are tricked into a master race view on their cultural exports. The issue with this is that the things they like from Korea are not tradi"
The meteoric rise of Korea's mediocre culture · u/Feudalist · ↑490 · 2023-09-30
"highly urbanized neo liberal economy with no immigrates, gender war, sky high suicide rate, infantilized colourful pop culture, shitty work hours etc etc. But people won't be skinny here"
Korea is the future · u/ephemeralComment · ↑478 · 2023-12-08
"Iraq, failure Afghanistan, failure Korea, failure Vietnam, failure Cuba, failure How do US leaders keep falling for this given their track record?"
"We know this because the rates of dating, relationships and having kids were already trending downward in the US, but ESPECIALLY in places like Korea and Japan."
"I don't think I can truly be beautiful unless I fly to Korea to remove my buccal fat and get a rhinoplasty."
Being a skinny mid Asian woman is a dreadful existence · u/slow-wifi · ↑219 · 2024-08-12
"Korea is well-known for having a high suicide rate. It's suicide rate is the highest among developed countries and is significantly higher than Japan's, a country more often stereotyped as suicidal. The age demographic where Korea's suicide rate becomes absolutely insane is the elderly, where it's a"
An interesting fact about Korea's suicide rate · redeemedleafblower · ↑150 · 2024-04-25
"Also look at Japan and Korea. They are physically healthy yet still depressed as shit. Their fish, veggies and walking have not cured them."
"If you are considering Korea, I really want to stop you. It's a place full of hate. Koreans hate everyone who does not meet their standards. It's hard to call them racists. They are rather elitist and classist. They hate themselves, their original appearance."
are you considering living in Korea? · u/Hot_Special_2083 · ↑72 · 2024-07-03
"We're like that bossy older sibling, with Canada as our cute little Korea and Mexico as our dramatic Vietnam"
"Sometimes I think Korean food necessarily has to be healthy and well-balanced to compensate for their insane amount of drinking."
Lunchposting. Faculty cafeteria at a Korean university. $4 · u/TarskiMonster · ↑30 · 2024-05-14
"next to the city hall is where a lot of groups do protests and such- was trying to go to the palace there but it was too crowded; crossed the street to get to this open field where an outdoor reading festival has been going on for the past couple months or so."
in korea rn · u/quickdrawmc_graw · ↑29 · 2023-10-29
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