{"id":120321,"date":"2026-05-26T10:42:48","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=120321"},"modified":"2026-05-26T10:42:48","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:42:48","slug":"nation-of-50-million-kings-queens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=120321","title":{"rendered":"Nation of 50 million kings, queens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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In a general sense, it would not be entirely misrepresentative to point out that in the vast majority of households in Korea, if you are born a son, the sincere hope and \u201cshoot for the stars\u201d objective of your parents would be for you to become the next president or, secondarily, end up in the vicinity, with expectations gradually and more pragmatically turning to more realistic ambitions of you becoming a doctor, lawyer or the like. And so begins a lifelong journey of hypercompetition, where, truly, the only people that want you to do better than them are, indeed, your parents. Perhaps the environment has been fostered from our history of challenges and division, or has resulted from associated growth pains due to our nation’s unprecedented and exponential development within a relatively brief period, or more so from a heavily concentrated economy, resulting in a near zero-sum ecosystem for the segments of the market remaining open and available. On a positive note, this resulted in Korea boasting one of the most educated and professionally apt populations in the world, with approx<\/div>\n
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