>>58528499It would be like saying Indonesia and Pakistan are the same because they are both poor Muslim countries. For every thing that's bad with Japan, South Korea manages to make it much worse.
Corporate slavery? SK has like three to four corporations that rule the country, and they talk to each other, there are basically no other employers, you don't comply, you get fucked for life.
Sketchy circumstances around idol culture? In SK you literally sell your life to your managers if you want to get into kpop, they tell you how to do everything, from eating to what plastic surgery you should (have to) go under. If you don't comply you are left with debt.
Retardation around drug use? In SK you can get put in jail for smoking a joint in a country where it's legal to.
South Korea is a turd that shines for being near the rancid diarrhea that is North Korea.