Woman who experienced burnout in Korea finds success in South America as a K-Culture influencer
Article: "Life in Korea is difficult" Woman in her twenties moves to Mexico and finds success
Source: E-Daily via Naver (original NY Times article)
[+1,415, -41] The irony of her leaving Korea because she doesn't want to live here but then promoting tourism to Korea to South Americans and making a living off of that now...
[+982, -51] So in summary, she's making her money off of selling the merits of our country to Mexicans, since there's no Korean expert residing there... ㅋ None of this would've been possible for her if our country was poor and disadvantaged. She should be grateful she was born in a time where she may be considered a failure in her homeland but she's able to make a living off of our country elsewhere. Our country is not Hell Chosun to her but an opportunity.
[+362, -31] She left Korea because she couldn't stand living here but now she's making a living off of selling our country ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ what in the world...
[+79, -10] Doesn't Mexico have a lot of violence issues? ㅋㅋㅋ
[+39, -0] It's really funny that she hates Korea but is making a living off of it ㅋㅋ
[+18, -2] So she went to college in Korea, worked abroad in Canada, and then vacationed in Mexico before moving there for good... when did she have time to hold down a career in Korea long enough to experience the "burnout" she's claiming? Am I not getting something...
[+13, -0] I think the article title is misconstruing her story in a negative light. She went through various struggles during her experience in working and living in Korea along with the separate difficulties that COVID brought, and she found a new path for herself that brought her success. It's not simply that she "left Korea because she hated it" and is now selling our culture out to make a living from.
[+12, -1] Perhaps it wasn't Korea the country that she got burnout from but its people... our people never mind our own business, constantly judges others, compares everyone to one another... Instead of continuing to live in a society that wounds you, I don't think it's such a bad idea to find a new society to join that better fits your needs. And it's best to do that the younger you are. There's no guarantee that other societies will work out better for you but at least you'll get to earn the special experience of having tried it... Life is long, after all.
[+10, -1] Makes me uncomfortable that she didn't like living here but now she's making a living off of selling our country in another country. She seems like an opportunist.
[+10, -1] I don't think it's such a bad thing for talented, young Koreans to try living abroad and getting experimental instead of all crowding around the same cities here. Build your own successful career~~~
[+9, -1] The article title is unnecessarily negative. We all know that Korean society is extremely competitive with a narrow pathway to success. I think it's great that she found a new path for herself that works for her...!
[+8, -0] So she left Korea for Mexico because she couldn't stand living here but now she's making a living off of selling Korean culture to Mexicans on TikTok?
[+7, -0] She's only successful in South America because of how popular Korean culture has become. Imagine if she wasn't Korean but from Myanmar. Would she still have been successful?
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