What is Life Really Like In South Korea? | NowThis World

What's life like in South Korea? South Korea actually has a pretty high standard of living and is one of the most prosperous countries in the world, ranking above average in housing, civic engagement, and education.
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[@matthewmckenna248]

Their was a time when South Korea was a very poor nation. The North was actually better off due to support from the Soviet Union. And now it's one of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet.

[@rbx211]

That major factor is called, the United States of America

[@paulhan1615]

RBX2 Well, US was very reluctant about supporting SK unlike western Europe. That's why we sent hundreds of thousands of soldiers to Vietnam to guarantee US money is being given to us.

[@rbx211]

South Korea sent troops for an "Increase" in economic aid and military aid. They were already receiving that. Even today, the US still contributes to South Korea. For example, not including freedom from attack/national security,, the US still gives aid to South Korea in the form of Disaster Preparedness funds. Also, the US still contributes in Technology transfers....same as what Japan did a long time ago. An example of this is South Korea's KFX stealth fighter project. The US gave, not sold, 21 of the 25 technologies to South Korea. Just a side note about that though, it's supposed to be South Korea's domestic stealth fighter, but the project is being largely done by Lockheed Martin, and the engine is made by GM

[@semipenguin]

The Olympics greatly helped their economy. When I got there in 1995, a lot of the older soldiers told me it was a very different country before 1988

[@paulhan1615]

Duane Vasquez Funny that my parents who lived during that time says the same thing

[@camachoabarca1490]

I think something wrong was said in the video: the presentator said that for the first time in history, South Korea has more younger people than older people, when it's actually the opposite.

[@vedant2551]

I love how south Korea developed themselves from poverty .. respect 👏

[@rbx211]

The US played a HUGE part in that, and as well as their very existence. You'll find a lot of things about it online.

[@paulhan1615]

RBX2 I think we should be grateful to Germany than US.

[@rbx211]

Please elaborate. Also, please include links and comparisons.

[@rbx211]

I think what South Korea should be grateful with Germany about is their battle tank. It was reverse-engineered by south korean defense companies, which led to the K2 battle tank.

[@paulhan1615]

RBX2 The link's article is in Korean. Are you sure you want it?

[@YKDDS91]

Okay, I gotta make this clear. About 2 years ago, when I was writing my thesis, I did a little bit of research about South Korea's plastic surgery and it turns out, those numbers don't really represent what really is going on. Yes, South Koreans do have more cosmetic procedures done compared to the rest of the world, but those numbers don't all mean they get a nose-job or a major plastic surgery done; because South Korea's healthcare in South Korea is readily accessible and more affordable, South Koreans go to the doctors a lot more often and that includes plastic surgeons, too. Also, the number includes simple procedures like whitening, anti-aging, and other non-invasive treatments, so it is quite exaggerated than what it actually is.

[@paulhan1615]

Mason K Ummm. Sorry to break this up to you, but the health care service in SK does not include plastic surgery.

[@paulhan1615]

This is a real problem though. You can't find a single female celebrity in SK whose face hadn't had a touch of surgeon's knife. Some Chinese tourists travel to SK just for plastic surgery.

[@daeseongkim93]

exactly, I've done the research too. I don't have plastic surgery none of my friends do. there might be a higher proportion in the bigger cities too I reckon as I'm from the countryside but still the numbers that foreigners tout are ridiculously high. i figured later that partly it is plastic surgery being a broad all-encompassing term like you mentioned, from aging to acne to eyelids to weight reduction. I can see where the misconception that we are all plastic comes from but the studies made are kinda old as well and not as comprehensive of a survey. I've heard it as mainly conducted in central Seoul areas like myeongdong, hongdae, junggu where results may be skewed in favor to support their research. places unlike outer seoul, the provinces and satellite cities where most of the population live.

[@pkpk-h2k]

1/3 women and 1/5 men have plastic surgery based on "opinion polls". The kind of polls that give you statistics like "73% of Americans cannot locate America on a map". You have to be deluded to actually believe that kind of nonsense especially if you live in South Korea, but now we have people broadcasting that misinformation as if it is common knowledge. ISAPS has released the objective statistics for their prevalence in particular and even then I would prefer if ISAPS datasheets would adjust for the disproportionate amount of foreigners(mostly from china/usa/japan) that come to Korea to receive plastic surgery procedures.

[@keegan1948]

I live in South Korea and I see it daily. Many of my students have nose jobs and parents have told me they are already planning their daughters double eyelid surgery when she turns 18 - she's 5. Every subway station has plastic surgery ads as well. That's cool you read a paper, but visit the country, it's everywhere.

[@famousamos]

Yeah, because the birth rate is so low, some of my friends that are teachers lost their jobs. No kids to teach in their school!

[@እግዚአብሔርእርኛዬነ-ሸ8ጘ]

Love south Korea from Ethiopia. 💛 So beauty full.

[@mattbundy6795]

Yeah but they hate dark skinned people so don’t expect much love back

[@jinwoopark2867]

김매트 What do you mean “hate”? They are being more open minded as they are more exposed to the outside world. Just look at Sam Okyere, a black Korean celebrity

[@Tycini1]

You heard what Matt Bundy said, watch your back and be responsible, peace 🇵🇱

[@jeongapark5322]

I am Korean. There’s a lot of wrong points about plastic surgery in this video.

[@stabinghobo57]

Jen 24 I know the woman need to be focused on getting boob jobs. 👍😉

[@pingu4238]

stabinghobo57 why?

[@daeseongkim93]

exactly lots of wrong points, statistics and data have been proven to exaggerate plastic surgery in Korea. The term plastic surgery is a largely broad term and the areas where surveys were polled genuinely skew in favor of the misconception that all Koreans are plastic. Central Seoul does not represent the whole of korea.

[@stabinghobo57]

Daeseong Kim you love Kim Jong un.

[@daeseongkim93]

stabinghobo57 not sure where you made this stupid correlation, topic is about plastic surgery in this post.

[@Mangominjun]

Koreans, Be proud!! Korea was the most poorest country in the world 1950’s but we made it now! Look at the countless buildings and fancy cars and highly educated people. And we can still be developed. Let’s work hard until other countries praise our achievement!!

[@ВикторОлегСонг]

Respect from Russia

[@permafrost8894]

@@new_meta777 exactly 😔

[@Vatras888]

But as society they are still very immature. You cant get rich in 50 years and achive social life quolity like in Europe

[@iSundae17]

They do not get double eyelid surgery to look western. Oriental eyes do naturally come as double eyelids, and that is their version of beauty. None of the koreans look remotely western after plastic surgery and nor do they want to. They are very much proud of their ethnicity.

[@WillayG]

Hali Thanks for making this comment. I'm sick of people saying that the double eyelid surgery is to look 'western'. It's no more true than saying westerners who like tanning do it to look 'African'. 'I want to look more western' isn't something I've ever heard a Korean say.

[@rbx211]

If you include Southeast Asians, then yes....they would naturally not have monolids. Koreans not so much....especially when compared to the Japanese and Chinese.

[@ZamanSiddiqui]

William Gaule Technically, it would be more SE Asian, since African would be full on black, which is not tanning.

[@WillayG]

Zaman Siddiqui Yea that's fair enough but I think my point still stands.

[@ZamanSiddiqui]

William Gaule Yeah, slightly darker skin.

[@simbaonsteroids8836]

Why does the picture of Soju show Soju made in North Korea. It says Pyongyang in big letters on the box.

[@WillayG]

Ben Cradick Haha. Yea. It says it in Englis and everything.

[@InstictsHD]

BlaBla Bland this channel has over 1 million subscribers. They should have done more research on the details of how soju looks like. It’s pretty embarassing the fact that soju is internationall recognized but these editors of the channel can’t bother searching “soju” on google images.

[@Dan-fx1sg]

BlaBla Bland we talking about south korea and north korea's product was used as an example. Furthermore, the image obviously had a big enlish word that could easily indicate that the product is from north Korea. For such channel that has over 1 million subscribers, such careless mistakes isnt really acceptable.

[@kamuikamui8163]

"Who were the victims of Gunkanjima"？ Please search this KZbin video. This is a video to deny the Koreans were slaves. 　 Testimony of Former battleship islanders Former battleship islanders"I was born there but l’d never seen houses with iron nars" Former battleship islanders"Iron bars? None." Former battleship islanders"Japanese workers were also there and died as much as Chinese and korean workers. "

[@캐리와함께-u8u]

Very Offensive to see a video that contains N.Korean Products while the whole video is suppose to share about S.Korea. FYI S.Korean speaking in the house

[@dohyunchoi3735]

What's life like in South Korea? Let me, a Korean answer that. I'm eating Costco pizza while watching KZbin. So I think 90% of you will get it.

[@jaridkeen123]

Dohyun Choi I want to go to south korea so bad

[@eliarojas5196]

P Choi

[@TheMartialKing]

No papa john pizza tastes better!!

[@dohyunchoi3735]

John Aw not in Korea.

[@xjustaprofile]

Great, now I have to fly to Seoul, go to Costco, and get some pizza...

[@mattbundy6795]

The koreaboos are shaking in their kimchi fried rice bowls because kpop wasn’t mentioned

[@palomacanedo5099]

Lmao 😂😂😂 sad

[@clorozweepvmundosalazar5153]

I hope everyone knows Kpop doesn't rule over Korea 😅 there's a variety of different genres that Koreans enjoy

[@Poisonivvy283]

김매트 hahaha I’m laughing so hard at this

[@jimmy2xrich49]

Exactly

[@1000ashwanirana]

South Korea is a amazing country... I went there..Hard working & generous people.. Obviously Economy wise very high..

[@StevenEveral]

It's not that bad. It's Asia's 4th largest economy, and it's the world's 11th or 10th largest economy, depending on the metric. The mass transit is efficient, and thanks to the KTX (it's essentially the Korean equivalent to the Japanese 'Bullet Train' or France's TGV) you can get anywhere withing the country in about 3 1/2 hours. The food is good, the people are standoffish at first, but they are really friendly. They're not really that worried about North Korea or Kim Jong Un. They're more worried about Trump than anything.

[@ZamanSiddiqui]

Steven Manning Don't forget the cheap and efficient London Underground.

[@daeseongkim93]

Steven Manning true especially trump warmongering

[@pianojay5146]

In my opinion, US wants war. I hate the government of them by their behavior.

[@pianojay5146]

동주 that's great but I do not know if they will stop this weirdom

[@Malfoy-bk8tm]

Steven Manning Why do you guys fear Trump eh?

[@xcmskim4]

you forgot to mention about koreas infrastructure (high speed rail), KPOP, and the power of Samsung, LG, Hyundai

[@darthmaul2742]

How can they be happy when the suicide rate is high and its competition puts so much stress on the people.

[@clizzard319]

Your picture of soju in the video is North Korean soju 😂

[@absolutedemocracy7714]

Love South Korea from Philippines 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷🇰🇷❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@rbx211]

What else is new?! People from the Philippines are the biggest Koreaboos. Do they like you too? I certainly doubt that, and that's based off of stereotypical beliefs and xenophobia.

[@paulhan1615]

robotrip M Triggered Japanese right winger. 5ch user maybe?

[@paulhan1615]

robotrip M So you want to bash Korea for eating dogs? By that logic, shouldn't you blame yourself for almost gauging out the world's tuna?

[@paulhan1615]

+ I don't get why westerners consider dog eating culture such a big deal. They seem so cool with eating porks and beefs so why not dogs?

[@paulhan1615]

robotrip M And killing our civilians in the Donghak revolution, violently crushing all of independence movements and forced labors in the pacific theater? Thanks

[@PD-yh2ss]

This is not their daily life, it's general info abt Korea. In reality, Koreans earn lots of money but are overworked. They usually work for more than 10 hours per day including weekends. Students are not so different. After school, due to intense competition to get into good schools in the future, they attend an academy to polish subjects they're not particularly good at. They are usually tired, doesn't have time for themselves because if they don't receive excellent education, the chances of getting a good job decreases dramatically. The birth rate being low? That's because although the standard of living and the salary are high, it's still sometimes not enough to raise a child nor send them to schools. How about their elderly? Most suicides in the country is accounted for by the elders. They're left by their own family because majority of younger people believe it is not their duty to care for their parents. They live on the streets. Streets that are filled with microdust and are dangerous for the health. TL;DR The one on the video is how beautiful South Korea is and it definitely is. But ignoring how its people are actually struggling on their daily lives should also be shown.

[@HokkaidoHiguma-j3j]

Honestly everyone has to visit seoul, its such a wonderful city.

[@siddhantmhatre4600]

Love from India 🐅

[@tanaygupta5310]

동주 We are happy to welcome you😍.

[@김우성-h8u]

love from korea. Please ignore chinese comments hete

[@dragonempire2253]

До свидания! ! Poland can into space?

[@robzonefire]

Stop Thinking about War and Start Thinking About Peace & Stability

[@anuvratverma1255]

The fun thing I am going Seoul in 7 hours !! I can't stop the feeling !!

[@stabinghobo57]

America ❤️South Korea

[@rhythmray7429]

and one thing you missed, they are very friendly and nice people... and not racist !!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@selohcin]

Well done. I've lived in South Korea for five years and I can assure skeptics that this is as good a summary of the country as anyone could have done in four minutes. There are always more details to add, but all the key points were included here.

[@idonthavealottosay4187]

agreed 👍

[@thomasrichardson5425]

lol everyone in the comments be like "i know they provided stats and evidence but i went to south Korea for a week once and i think they're wrong! Respect my opinion now!"

[@캐리와함께-u8u]

That "Soju" is not from South Korea...It says "Pyongyang Soju" and even says MADE IN DPRK which is not S.Korean Soju

[@Tommybgoode]

It may sound strange to an outsider but spending more on education here is actually a bad thing for South Korean culture and economy: this money is spent largely on after school programs by hugely competitive parents, making kids work long hours so they can do better on their final exam and get into a better uni. The pressure is immense and means South Korea has a huge suicide problem among teenagers and young people. And less on home furnishings: this is not uprising since Korean homes are incredibly small for the most part, not to mention the fact that a lot of Koreans sleep on the floor without a bed.

[@LMAccount1]

I’m a bit confused on the country’s population statement, if the country has more younger people than older, along with a great education, how could that be detrimental to the country’s population in upcoming years? Or did he mean more older than younger?

[@NickBell-i2g]

At first, I was confused too. If you think about it though, it makes sense. Since there is more younger generation than older now combining with the fact that birth rate is the lowest, in 30 years, there will be more older generation and less younger generation to support the older generation in the way of paying taxes or replacing their jobs.

[@NickBell-i2g]

The way he explained stuff about that could've been clearer for sure.

[@LMAccount1]

왔어요ᄒᄒ사춘기가 in that light it makes sense, thanks

[@bigwillchill]

do Mexico, Germany, and Australia, Netherlands, Denmark, and UAE (United Arab Emirates)

[@AxmanGamingHD]

bigwillchill Germanistan

[@TheVideomaker2341]

Ufstermonster111 Kocker1 Oh no, a racist.

[@delabibliotecaatumente6844]

u gonna be amazed with the mexican one c:

[@iDenmark]

Life is fine here in Denmark

[@joonlee1843]

People should know that a lot of South Koreans don't hate North Koreans. After all, imo, we are the same "minjok," which means tribe.

[@Antropovich]

"its birth rate has plummeted to record lows in recent years and the country has now more YOUNGER people than older people" did you mean OLDER?

[@KhemistryIBMOR]

Good video. I spent two tours in Korea while in the service.

[@smalltrain50]

1 in 5 Korean males has been through plastic surgery? Really? I think I need to get one.

[@duke618]

Love S.korea from Israel 🇰🇷❤

[@kingofspades6730]

I love south Korea from usa

[@cruzzigil]

I dream of one day the Republic of Korea owing all of the Korean Peninsula, North Koreans living like South Koreans and Kim Jong Un dead.

[@discountdetergent7313]

Agustin D. The North Koreans wouldn't be happy to be reunited. They are already brainwashed to believe that South Koreans are the enemy and would see the reunification as an occupation of North Korea.

[@typicalchineseguy5818]

Well, there will be resistance against the South since the Norks were brainwashed for a really long time. But after a while, they will start to realize that everything their previous government told them was a lie and will accept to live in South Korean society. But even after having the whole peninsula unified under the ROK, that pesky Mainland China will demand a small piece of lands in the norther region of former North Korea to create a militarized zone as a buffer from the democratically unified Korea state to ensure the survival of CCP.

[@thetalita]

Asian women do not necessarily get double eyelid surgeries to look more “Western”, we do not envy or correlate everything desirable to Caucasians.. there are many other Asians with a natural double eyelid; ie. in Indonesia and India. Women with single eyelids get this procedure done to look more “awake”, fresh and to be able to experiment with eye shadow and eyeliners. I feel that the statement made in the video is overgeneralised and presumptuous, and am pretty tired of hearing it.

[@lludd99]

Afte spending 3 years in Malaysia and Indonesia and some the Philippines, I found out that was really true... most girls; not all, try to look more like Caucasians by trying to make their skin look lighter and trying to get a double eyelids and the most common that I noticed is a nose surgery to get a bigger nose. I don't think the majority of girls do it out of envy, I think they are held to western beauty standards, as far as I'm concerned, be yourself and don't change anything, but most girls would spend most of their lives and money in pursuit of unrealistic beauty standards which in my opinion is very stupid.

[@gtcosmoredstars5795]

Fiji. South Africa. Holland, Egypt, Chile, Uraguay

[@douslimanemeriem2596]

Thank you Now World ! A big like from Morocco !

[@가가밍밍]

2:49 that is not S.Korea but N.Korea

[@virtualheadachez]

What is life like in Costa Rica. Why does it have a reputation of being one of the happiest country in the world?

[@kohkohpuffs]

Two errors: the people of South Korea are now more older than younger (you said the opposite), and Korea isn't the 4th largest economy, it's the 10th.

[@남수-c8y]

I specifically like the picture of the North Korean soju

[@KarlEmmanuelCamasis]

refreshing format for a nowthis world video; looking forward for more!

[@nishantjain1112]

Do a same series on India and other south Asian countries...

[@machompko9905]

Pajeet

[@samadabara4792]

nishant jain what will he talk about india ,poverty.

[@nishantjain1112]

samada bara my country is not surrounded by crazy dictators and we can speak in 22 languages. You lampoons can't even speak in English.

[@SopeySope]

Do Medellín, Colombia next. I’ve been going back multiple times a year for the greater part of 4 years and everyone thinks I’m insane. People really believe that Colombia is still a 1980s Colombian GTA life. TEACH THEM! Please.

[@LejunglerenardThejunglefox]

Please do Life of Jamaicans 🇯🇲. Many people just hangout at the Resorts and never go to authentic villages or cities in Jamaica 🇯🇲.

[@blablabland332]

What is life really like on Wakanda or Republic of Wadiya or Loompaland?

[@Malfoy-bk8tm]

BlaBla Bland Make Wakanda Great Again

[@ВикторОлегСонг]

Or how about life in your house?

[@agiiable]

Informative. Keep it up 👌

[@taavidude]

South Korea: We drink more than any other country in the world. Poland, Russia, Estonia, Ireland and Finland: Haha, nice joke.

[@rbx211]

He was talking about average consumption of hard liquor

[@daeseongkim93]

South Korea does drink more than every country in the world. we're not talking about alcohol percentage in the consumption, more the fact that majority of the population drinks and when we drink, we drink quite a lot in bottles of soju and makgeolli and beer. though of course the alcohol we do have is indeed lighter in volume and percentage than most alcohols in the world.

[@robzonefire]

taavidude You Forgot the Czechs

[@toastybick]

Having more alcoholics in your country isn't really something to boast about.

[@KBKim-jt6uj]

If youre ordinary salary man in S.Korea, Whether you want or not, I'm pretty sure you will drink almost everyday!

[@sayasark]

Why you guys missed out the point that there is a mandatory male military service for two years in Korea. Everything is not so relaxed as you guys have stated, korea is very much concern about his neighbour.

[@daeseongkim93]

Sayan Sarkar concern is not there for tantrum brother country to the north, but you are right on mandatory military service.

[@arnabsaha9778]

Way better than the US and all other European countries. Though Germany, Finland and Sweden give a tough competition

[@PLs379]

It's a life where people don't have to worry about mass shooting every other week

[@stevonfriedman3914]

Moving there in 2020! Super stoked

[@leesh342]

Best explanation of our country on youtube. Good work mate!

[@mr.anderson2241]

Religion isn’t declining in South Korea, it’s on the rise if anything, especially Christianity, the younger generations are very attracted to Christianity considering it a good religious choice

[@smilinggeneral8870]

Avg internet speed : 20 mbps #1 in the world.

[@paull557]

Thank you for showing me unexpected NORTH KOREAN SOJU.

[@박광훈-j4l]

Developed Country in Asia. South Korea' GDP Capital per 1 person 2018 -> 32,000 usd

[@MrSurferguy99]

MARIJUANA

[@dickiewongtk]

Thinking that 'Pale face, slim jaw, big eye etc' is a stereotypical 'western' beauty standard in asia, is a very stereotypical western idea.

[@cleverlesstv7724]

The thing that perplexed me most about this video is the fact that one of the most popular cosmetic body procedures is the eye lift to achieve a more western look. I wonder what causes this desire?

[@redwards5000]

Did you mean to say “more older people than younger people”?

[@독립군만세]

interesting! South Korean life is BC. 2400~AD. 1900: nice for high class, bad for low class 1910~1945: sad (slave of Japan) 1945~1970: poor and civil war 1970~1997: economy development (thanks USA) 1997: hot money attack and IMF 1998~now: nice for high class, bad for low class

[@samad.chouihat4222]

1.20 what a cute kid !

[@zeath_zolaries3508]

Really!? No refrence of kpop??

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

That's more teenage and some twenty's stuff but not the majority.

[@mattbundy6795]

Kpop isn’t as big of a deal as koreaboos want to believe it is, a majority of Koreans don’t listen to it

[@HuesingProductions]

KPop xD

[@daeseongkim93]

Kpop isn't that popular with the general public

[@dennythedavinchi3832]

I know. I usually really liked Kpop until 2008. It was still popular during 2011~2012 but later that, entertainment industries did too much mass produce on similar stuffs with idols. Really, they lost the meaning of idol-ness already. Looks they already hit the climax recently and possibly decline like American pops in future. Funny thing is other countries cannot compete with Kpop so it will be successful for while. Country like Japan and China doing disastrous even they got resources but maybe we can expect other south eastern Asian countries rise in pop industry? Who knows?

[@ninglumks8330]

Next: Afghanistan and Somalia.

[@SupesMe]

I watched a thing on vice on here about how crazy high their suicide rate is and it seemed to be due to their drive to be successful so yeah I’d see the economy being their foremost concern

[@continueprisoner]

This video said nothing about what life is like in South Korea it was just a bunch of random facts and stats.

[@zoef_]

NETHERLANDS!!!

[@gjeina]

Zo Zoef yeah

[@joodee427]

Zo Zoef if you aint dutch you ain much A HARDY HAR HAR

[@yahoohooho]

Yes pleasseeeeeeeeeeeee

[@strangerpainter]

Spending a lot of money on education does not mean people are better educated. Its just because its way more expensive, and that kids basically go to several different private schools because the society is so competitive. these people know nothing about S. Korea.

[@ytree]

The image of Soju in this video is north korean things lol

[@kneesocksdaemon4581]

Well I'm glad south Korea turned from a poor poverty country into a country that has the best internet speed mind you and its doing well shaping very well for south korea

[@edwardhalim6967]

Football > Soccer this is not america! this is the world's sport

[@EugeneCha1234]

The way he pronounced the spice sauce wtf xd. Other than that, what he said is mostly true, especially with the issue with North Korea. No one is worried about North Korea, not even my grandparents who have survived the Korean War. We know that a war with North Korea is unlikely plus everyone there is so busy with work/school that they forget about NK most of the times. My 13 year old cousin in Korea does more work (in terms of education) than me, a full IB student in a foreign country which is crazy. Anyways, great video!

[@ar0568]

I'm watching this video while eating Korean food. Nice.

[@diwashksingh6619]

You forgot about mandatory military service

[@captainstark5496]

Don't tell k pop fans about south korea, we know more about south korea than our own countries.

[@yacineaouimeur]

Do a similar video about life in northern and subsaharan African countries.

[@Kartkid024]

When I was there it felt like Baseball was more popular than Soccer. I know Soccer is listed as the most popular sport, but I think that will change in the near future.

[@daeseongkim93]

why do you use a picture of pyongyang, north Korean soju for a video on south korea?!?

[@raphaelhannaert951]

Great video, would have been nice to also include other important elements of korea like the chaebols, or the karaoke.

[@mikek1635]

Again with the misrepresentation of plastic surgery in South Korea. 🙄🤦🏽‍♀️ About 25% of PS in South Korea are performed on foreigners. Also most PS occur in Seoul. Most South Koreans don’t get PS. Only about 2% of all South Koreans get plastic surgery. PS rate is very similar to the US, but US perform the most PS in absolute number in the world.

[@andythem320guy9]

Life in Puerto Rico. The long economic struggle but a festive country despite the resesion and colonial sanctions.

[@erickalove_pandas1393]

Andy The M320 Guy same here in Philippines

[@gilbertplays]

Make a video about "What is Life Really Like in the Philippines" and don't just go only about poverty and just go for 1 culture.

[@rose-vb4mj]

"some" people might get plastic surgery to look western, but as a Korean who lives in Korea, that point many people are saying is totally wrong actually hahahahahha.... it is just on of the beauty trends

[@DoggyOnPc1080p]

they did not even talk about the high suicide rates

[@baldeepdhindsa5275]

What is Life Really Like In Punjab India.

[@samanthaloo2172]

Singapore

[@herpsenderpsen]

I feel like your videos have just dropped in quality since you started this channel.

[@behrensf84]

You spoke backwards. You said more younger than older people.

[@kaickf.r.goncalves2846]

How Is Life Really Like In Brazil? A lot of people have misconceptions that we all live either on slums or on the beach, but that's not true at all, also while a lot of the country IS poor, there are many wealthy regions as well.

[@paulhan1615]

That's called inequality which is not a good thing

[@kaickf.r.goncalves2846]

paul han Inequality exists pratically everywhere though. Still, Brazil is one of the least equal countries in the world.

[@rrsharizam]

Brazil has huge potential. But currently the economy is tanking, exchange rate is falling, commodity price suppressed, business inefficient, and the price of goods is too expensive. Hope it gets better soon

[@somerandomguy3700]

A lot of those richer areas are unsurprisingly in Southern Brazil ;) (Points to whoever gets that)

[@player-gd9qh]

Violent is the word. Lot of childrens are alredy in crime life around all city of rio de janeiro. Even the city of Niterói one of most developed in country is suffering. So what is in the mind of brazilians normal citizens easy= When corruption, viloence and impunity will end( and we still have a lot of problems with health and education)? We're basically waiting for a miracle.

[@hazevthewolf178]

Could you do a 'what is life really like in Japan?'

[@lanaprgomet5895]

*football not soccer thank you

[@maccarroni6917]

Well there are some errors in the video. Income inequality is not low in Korea. Gini index prior to year 2016 faced public criticism for not being accurate, so they changed the way they pick samples. Current government statistic shows Gini index of Korea is over .4. and Research based on Government taxation database shows .45 to over .5. And nominal value of high wage does not represent quality of life in Korea 1) 25% of work force is self-employed, Thier average income is lower than employed. Government estimate shows one million self employed business has closed in 2018. They take significant part of population, But their income is not included in average wage. 2) Even Average wage of Korea is exaggerated as significant part of low wage workers (20- 25% of total employed workers) are excluded from statistics. Official average wage was calculated based on registration of national pension, where nearly 70% of those low wage workers are unregistered( technically they should but in practice they do not register). 3) High living expenses. According to the Economist consumer price in Seoul is even higher than NYC, 6th in the world including city states. And almost half of total population live within Seoul metropolitan area. Due to unaffordable housing, 75% of household wealth is bound to housing. ( for US and Japan

[@tombkings6279]

Must be cool to know people from other countries

[@AlulMustofa]

Next time do Indonesia n Malaysia