The surplus income of Korea’s middle-class households — defined as those in the 40th to 60th income percentile — dropped below 700,000 won ($522) in the fourth quarter of 2024, marking the ...

Signs of change. Lives of North Korea’s elite and middle class are slowly evolving, in part because the nation has adopted some forms of capitalism.Since at least 2011 — when current leader ...

Nearly 75 percent of Koreans considered themselves middle class in 1989, a year after the country hosted the Summer Olympic Games in Seoul. The number plummeted to 20.2 percent last year ...

In 'Parasite,' Class Conflict Rises From South Korea's Basement Apartments In the South Korean film, ... In Korea during the 1970s and '80s, apartment complexes symbolized the middle class." ...