Economic inequality in South Korea

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According to data from 2010, low-income earners (those earning 12 million won or less) make up 37.8% of South Korea's labour force.^[1] Conversely, the highest income earners (those earning 100 million won or more) make up 1.4% of the labour force.^[1]

According to a survey in 2019, among young South Koreans, 89.3% of women and 81.7% of men agreed with the statement that "people born into poverty can never compete with [those] born into wealth".^[2]