Social Issues

Why Korea’s labor productivity is so low

Found a few different analyses on this. The first factor is the wage gap based on age due to the seniority-based pay system. Basically, a manager (20 years in) gets paid way too mu

[Baek-gall] The dark side of Korean society back then, seen through Master Chef Hou De-zhu's documentary

Before the 90s, most Hwagyo (Overseas Chinese) living in Korea were ROC (Taiwanese) nationals. But because of the atmosphere of discrimination... they reportedly had no choice but

The #1 Paid App in China.jpg

The #1 Paid App in China.jpg

Civil servant talking shit about welfare recipients.jpg

Lee Sedol: "AI is making the skill gap between top and bottom tier Go players even wider."

※ This video is part of <DocuPrime - AlphaGo 10 Years Later: AI and Go>, which aired on January 5, 2026.

[Sing-Gal] Female otaku community reaction to the Child and Youth Protection Act...

Apparently they're absolutely seething... Source: Single Bungle Earth Gallery [View Original]

The fatal 'pick your poison' for women in customer service

The person who stole from my shop a year ago showed up

1. Someone stole money from my shop a year ago. Reported it to the police, but I still haven't gotten the money back.

Regrets of a Grade 6 Civil Servant

Civil servant trash-talking welfare recipients

Civil servant gets told their parents would be "torn to death" as soon as they clock in

I can really feel how frozen the economy is..

All because we picked the wrong president... wait, maybe it wasn't just a bad pick, maybe the election was rigged. Anyway, there are no jobs, no money circulating, and prices are s

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'The fox dies facing its home' (Nostalgia for one's roots)

The cause of Iranian protests explained perfectly

Teacher says "Korea's response to school violence has gone overboard"

https://m.cafe.daum.net/posthoolis/IEvD/478997?listURI=%2Fposthoolis%2FIEvD

Why I felt bad for Joo Ho-min getting flamed in the communities

He got hit with 'power tripping' allegations just for sending a text to a teacher during a holiday... that was such a reach. ㅜ

Suddenly erupted Twitter race war.twitter

The original tweet that started it was deleted so I don't know the full details, but it seems to be about the Cookie Run skin tone controversy. Basically, someone said some BS like

The reason why protests broke out in Iran

Time to grab the bamboo spears immediately;;;

The conclusion of the Dongtan Police Station incident...jpg

Father-in-law keeps crashing at our place while Mother-in-law gets her IV drips

Update— I didn't mention it earlier, but we are NOT a single-income household... we both work. This has been happening since we were newlyweds. Since she says she's sick, I've been