No Sleep, 2 Jobs: Can Young South Koreans Escape Hell Joseon Rat Race? | Asia’s Stuck Generation

South Korea may be home to K-pop culture and TV dramas, but life for the average young Korean is less glamorous. Millennials and Gen Zs in Korea face high housing and other costs, and there is intense competition to get into top universities - which can determine one’s earning power and career...

26 min - Society & Culture - CNA Insider

Read Deeper: Society & Culture

  1. Evicted by Matthew Desmond (4.4/5) - View on Amazon
  2. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
  3. Bowling Alone by Robert D. Putnam - View on Amazon
  4. Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich (3.6/5) - View on Amazon
  5. Down and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
  6. Capital in the Twenty-First Century by Thomas Piketty (4/5) - View on Amazon
  7. Hillbilly Elegy by J. D. Vance (3.7/5) - View on Amazon
  8. Behind the Beautiful Forevers by Katherine Boo (4/5) - View on Amazon
  9. Planet of Slums by Mike Davis - View on Amazon
  10. Maximum City by Suketu Mehta - View on Amazon
  11. Triumph of the City by Edward L. Glaeser (3.4/5) - View on Amazon
  12. Caste by Isabel Wilkerson (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
  13. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (4.2/5) - View on Amazon
  14. The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (4.5/5) - View on Amazon
  15. Gender Outlaw by Kate Bornstein (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
  16. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel (4.1/5) - View on Amazon
  17. And the Band Played On by Randy Shilts (4.6/5) - View on Amazon
  18. Stonewall by Martin B. Duberman - View on Amazon
  19. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby - View on Amazon
  20. Far from the Tree by Andrew Solomon - View on Amazon
  21. The Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida (4/5) - View on Amazon
  22. Being Heumann by Judith E. Heumann - View on Amazon
  23. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari (3.8/5) - View on Amazon
  24. Attached by Amir Levine (4.1/5) - View on Amazon

Watch Next