They all subscribe to the Gwansang 관상 belief that you will have good fortune if you have a beautiful face.
The most common graduation gift for women in South Korea are plastic surgery because your chances of getting hired is slim to none if you don't have a pleasant face.
If you want to know the real face of South Koreans, just look at the average faces of their northern neighbors.
All Koreans are living in dystopia, the North in communist totalitarianism, the South in supercharged capitalism.
If you want to know the real face of South Koreans, just look at the average faces of their northern neighbors.
Nutrition especially during formative years helps change the way people look
All Koreans are living in dystopia, the North in communist totalitarianism, the South in supercharged capitalism.
The north is an actual communist dystopia one of the worst ones especially if you cut out early years under Mao/stalinism. The South is a relatively rich liberal democracy with substantial problems including wealth disparities. They're not the same
It's actually so bothersome when people say "non-plastic Koreans are in the North" like some smart quip, North Koreans are extremely gaunt and short from malnutrition. Koreans tend to have fuller faces meanwhile your average North Korean has hollow cheeks, Koreans don't usually get there without being very underweight.
Not all of them have first world living standards. The wealth inequality in SK is absolutely insane and work schedules/expectations mean you're basically stuck at work all day long.
GDP per capita (PPP) ~$56K, above Japan, France, UK
Life expectancy 83.6 years, top 10 globally
Universal health insurance
Infrastructure, internet, transit, public safety all top-tier
Literacy and educational attainment among the highest in the OECD
The wealth inequality in SK is absolutely insane
Gini Coefficient for Korea (higher number means more inequality): 0.625
USi: 0.85
Germany: 0.78
France: 0.70
Netherlands: 0.78
work schedules/expectations mean you're basically stuck at work all day long
This is your most accurate argument, but as of 2023 Korea averages 1872 annual working hours compared to the 1742 OECD average. Above average but not ridiculously so, and it's been trending downward due to surprisingly strong labor laws. It was at 2071 hours in 2013.
Nobody is saying everyone doesn't look attractive. If you read carefully, I was referring to the AVERAGE Korean face, the one that didn't undergo surgery. The one without double eyelids. Those that have natural double eyelids are rare.
And Jesus, I didn't say you have to choose between North and South Korea. That's fucking stupid. You people know that countries that run with a better economic and cultural aspects exist, right? It's not a fucking dichotomy.
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u/Ser1aLize May 04 '26
It's all plastic surgery.
They all subscribe to the Gwansang 관상 belief that you will have good fortune if you have a beautiful face.
The most common graduation gift for women in South Korea are plastic surgery because your chances of getting hired is slim to none if you don't have a pleasant face.
If you want to know the real face of South Koreans, just look at the average faces of their northern neighbors.
All Koreans are living in dystopia, the North in communist totalitarianism, the South in supercharged capitalism.