'Honjok' Lifestyle Growing in Popularity in South Korea (jobs, people, move)

[JD59]

Many young people, especially women, are opting out of traditional society and living alone.

The group of young people collectively known as "honjok" is growing in number in South Korea, but this isn't your typical mass movement. As restofworld explains, the term translates to "alone tribe," and it refers to young South Koreans—many of them women—who are opting out of traditional society and living alone.

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[lchoro]

The job market is bad for young people in Japan and Korea since the economic restructurings by the IMF to end permanent employment in the 90's. Most new jobs are part-time. Competition is very stiff for entry into the very top schools so they can get into the top 5 conglomerates where they can have something like the old lifetime employment.

You see the impact on housing with shared housing with multiple unrelated households living in the same apartment.

[OZpharmer]

Originally Posted by lchoro

The job market is bad for young people in Japan and Korea since the economic restructurings by the IMF to end permanent employment in the 90's. Most new jobs are part-time. Competition is very stiff for entry into the very top schools so they can get into the top 5 conglomerates where they can have something like the old lifetime employment.

You see the impact on housing with shared housing with multiple unrelated households living in the same apartment.

Job market is bad for young people in other countries too, not just in Japan & South Korea

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