在韩国生活艰苦吗？（2）

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Tong Zou, lived in Seoul (2014-2016)
I’d say it is, for most people.
For rich people and foreigners its not that bad. For college age students, it might be pretty good. Nightlife is great and you can party all night. However, if you are a native Korean of any other age, it’s pretty stressful. As any Korean can attest:

邹彤，首尔人(2014-2016)
对大多数人来说，我认为的确如此（生活压力大）。
对于富人和外国人来说，这里的生活并没有那么糟糕。对于上大学阶段的学生们来说，也相当不错，夜生活丰富多彩，你可以整夜狂欢。然而，如果你是其他年龄的韩国人压力可就大多了。任何一个韩国人都可以证明:



men and women (but especially women) are expected to look perfect whenever they go outside. Appearance is so valued in South Korea that plastic surgery is often done just to have a better chance to get a job (so think about that next time you criticize Korean girls for being ‘fake’). Women are constantly checking their makeup in the mirror (even high school girls). And after they marry they are still expected to take care of the household duties. Abortion is still officially illegal (this despite that Korean men drug + rape women but don’t consider it rape). It’s especially difficult in South Korea to be a woman which is why the marriage rates and birth rates are declining.

男人和女人(尤其是女人)无论何时出门都要看起来很完美。
在韩国，外貌是如此重要，整容手术往往只是为了获得更好的工作机会(所以下次你批评韩国女孩“假”的时候，请好好想想这个问题)。女人经常对着镜子化妆(甚至是高中女生)。婚后，她们还被要求能承担家务。堕胎在官方上仍然是非法的(尽管韩国男人吸毒+强奸女人，但并不被视为是强奸)。在韩国，成为一名女性尤其困难，这就是结婚率和出生率下降的原因。

If I had to sum it up in one word its competition. This is both the strength and weakness of South Korea. Yes - South Koreans have a lot to be proud of. They have one of the most popular entertainment industries in the world. Beautiful women are everywhere to be seen. The nightlife is incomparable. Samsung is the largest IT company in the world. They have the best esports gamers in the world. All this from a country about the same size as Ohio.

如果非要用一个词来概括的话，那就是它的竞争（太过于激烈）。这既是韩国的优势，也是它的弱点。是的，韩国人有很多值得骄傲的地方。他们拥有世界上最受欢迎的娱乐产业之一。到处都能看到漂亮的女人。夜生活是无与伦比的。三星是世界上最大的IT公司。他们有世界上最好的电子竞技玩家。所有这些都来自一个和俄亥俄州差不多大小的国家。

However, there are many dark sides to this light, and often average Koreans have to suffer from birth to death because of it.. which is why young Koreans refer to their country as ‘Hell Joseon’. Their country has the highest suicide rate in the OECD for a good reason.

然而，这种光明也有许多黑暗的一面，因此，普通韩国人常常不得不从出生到死亡就一直在忍受痛苦。这就是为什么韩国年轻人称他们的国家为“地狱朝鲜”。他们的国家是经合组织中自杀率最高的国家，这是有充分理由的。

Sunny Adak, studied at Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University
Living in Seoul from last 2.5 yrs and finally going back to India next month.

桑尼·阿达克，曾在印度印德拉普萨大学学习
在首尔住了两年半，终于要在下个月回印度了。

Disclaimer: I have nothing against Korea and It’s people and it’s just my opinion.
I am from India which is a developing country and my first impression about south Korea was of developed country with good standard of living and i was right, the people and society has kept the high standards and make me fall in love with Korea at first sight.

免责声明:我不反对韩国和它的人民，这只是我的意见。
我来自印度，这是一个发展中国家，我对韩国的第一印象是生活水平高的发达国家，我是对的，这里人民和社会一直保持着高标准，让我对韩国一见钟情。

But with passage of time, i realize that everything is not shiny here and there is hidden meaning behind everything.
Now, Back to your question: Is life hard in South Korea? It depends how you tackle situations in life.
There can be several reasons behind this

但随着时间的流逝，我意识到并不是这里的一切都那么光鲜，每件事背后都隐藏着另一层意义。
现在，回到你的问题:韩国的生活艰难吗?这取决于你如何处理生活中的情况。
这背后可能有几个原因

Korean culture: Korean culture is great and you will like that in 1st glance. Respecting elders, bowing down while greeting people and meeting new people but after some time those same people will make you uncomfortable. As a foreigner, when you accustom their culture then they will notice you and appreciate you but as time passes, you will realize that their is no “escape button” from this. Even days after days, weeks after weeks, year after year you will realize that whatever you know about Korean culture is still zero and people will expect more and more from you.



Boredom: After spending so much time in clubs, pubs and markets, you come across certainly kind of boredom in your life. I don’t know about other but after 2 years of my night life in Korea, someday i realized that it is of no use and i am just wasting in life.

无聊:在俱乐部、酒吧和市场呆了这么长时间之后，你的生活中肯定会遇到某种无聊。其他的我不知道，但是在韩国生活了2年之后，有一天我意识到这样的生活真的毫无意义，我只是在浪费自己的生命。

As an Individual you will hate the life here but if you see this as a society then you will love it. It’s kind of love-hate relationship with South Korea.

作为个人，你会讨厌这里的生活，但如果你把这里看作一个社会，那么你会喜欢它的。这是种对韩国又爱又恨的关系。