they have a poor immigration policy. you either have to have married someone south korean, or have a half million in value in either assets, or the government deems your contributions to the country was deemed that value.

South Korea on its own is a not so pretty scape full of a bunch of problems that all cant be fixed in any short ammount of time, some of the problems include:

Late stage capitalism: very small pool of companies own a mass lionshare of the economy, which gives them ridiculous control of the economics.

Rising female independence: a decent amount of females feel objectified by males/society as South Korea is very male centric. Article goes over how females value career more than children for various reasons, some being women being treated unfairly for maternity leave, and career being a mental destressor for the individual. again a problem because of the male centric/corporate society they live in.

The above two are directly tied to the idea of the Sampo generation, people who give up the idea of dating/marriage/kids because of the current economy, housing prices and cost of education. This idea of course isnt just tied to South Korea, its tied to many countries that lack enough jobs for college educated students to go into.

Western countries have gen MZ complaining about lack of jobs out of college, which is a major sentiment posted in social media, with of course housing prices constantly becoming out of reach. China has people fighting the older 996 idea of work, and younger generations celebrating after quitting a job. they all kinda tie into two things.

the economy they live in doesnt help them, and the generation on average has given up on the idea that anyone would help them as they start to lose more and more things in life they can no longer do. the idea of owning a home, having a stable well paying job, even the idea of traveling (Satori generation in Japan is an example)