Now, though, with her current salary and mortgage interest piling up, Hong told Insider she's worried about her financial future. She spent her life savings and took out a hefty loan to buy her first home in Seoul - a 600-square-foot apartment built 30 years ago - for $300,000 in 2019.
Hong, who uses a wheelchair, also sits on the board of several Korean nonprofits for disability access. She's worked as an anchor at the Korean Broadcasting System and as the founder of multiple NGOs. Hong Seo-yoon, 36, manages a nonprofit for disabled rights in Korea and runs advocacy classes at Seoul National University in her spare time for around $3,700 a month. "It feels a bit hopeless, like we are the damned ones," Kwon said. If he saves enough, maybe he can afford a car by then, he said. On weekends, he competes in swimming competitions and is set to represent Seoul in under-30 tournaments.īut like most young and unmarried South Koreans, he lives with his parents, and despite earning more than the national average, he won't even consider buying his own home for the next 10 years. He works as a data analyst at a multinational tech firm in a country where stable, white-collar jobs are glorified as the key to a good life. He lives in Gangnam - Seoul's glitzy city center - in a four-room apartment that his family has owned for generations. Kwon graduated in 2022 from Yonsei University, a top college where he swam on the varsity team and earned a double degree in physical education and public administration.
Kwon, 28, swam for his varsity team at Yonsei University, one of South Korea's top colleges. Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders.
0 kommentar(er)
