Due to South Korea's skyrocketing real-estate prices, she can't afford to leave her parents' home.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Park Su-Ah, a 25-year-old accounts manager in South Korea.
The average cost of buying a 1,174-square-foot apartment in my city was 789.36 million Korean won, or about $606,570, in 2022.
Right now, I'm an accounts manager at a publishing house where I make 2.2 million won, or about $1,690, a month.
In June 2022, the average jeonse deposit for an apartment in Seoul was 680 million won, or about $522,642.
Persons:
—, it's, We've, that's, aren't
Organizations:
Service, Wonkwang University
Locations:
Wall, Silicon, South Korea, Goyang, Seoul, Iksan