“Sociologist Cheong Soo-bok delves into what for him is a root cause of this phenomenon in his 2007 book, “Cultural Grammar of Koreans” (direct translation): a combination of the influence of Korean Confucianism and the majority of Koreans lacking a religion.

The book argues Korean Confucianism, with its emphasis on hierarchy, transformed over time into an ideology for maintaining power and order from the Joseon era (1392-1910) through the Japanese colonial occupation (1910-45) to the authoritarian regimes of the modern period.”

“AtoZ into Korean mind] Money paradox: Why money speaks louder than anything else
In era of prosperity, obsession with wealth only grows”

https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20240630050067

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