Survey Shows Most Foreigners Happy with Life in South Korea and Face Minor Discrimination
Here are some interesting statistics provided by the Korean government:
Around eight in 10 foreigners in Korea say they are satisfied with life here, data showed on Wednesday.
Korea Times
In its 2022 survey aimed at analyzing the quality of life in Korea, Statistics Korea said 40.8 percent of the respondents said they were “extremely satisfied” with life in Korea while another 39.6 percent responded they were “a little satisfied.”
Meanwhile, nearly one out of every five foreign residents of Korea has experienced discrimination in the midst of an increase in the foreign population. The data showed that 19.7 percent of the 25,000 foreign residents responded that they had faced discrimination in the previous year.
The level of discrimination was “minor” in general, with 37.6 percent of the respondents saying they experienced discrimination at stores, restaurants and banks.
Another 34.1 percent said they experienced discrimination at workplaces while another 32.2 percent picked streets and neighborhoods.
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Overall, I’m happy with my life here. There are problems, and I bitch and moan about them daily, but I used to do the same thing in America as an American. There’s no problem-free country, but you can certainly find places where the good outweighs the bad. It’s why I’ve been in South Korea, my second home, for over twenty years.
If I could have stomached working for a chaebol, I would have loved to move to South Korea. Other choices were not up to specs salary-wise.
But we still hope to visit Korea often. It’s a much better choice than Europe. And they don’t all hate Americans.
But we still hope to visit Korea often
So in other words, setnaffa’s claim of having relatives in Korea is a big lie.