> so much infra construction in Korea and Japan, but the prices are reasonable

Just watched a Bloomberg short about SK where they complain that they are overworked, over-stressed, hypercompetitive, depressed as a people, giving up on starting families out of fear of financial insecurity. (also, seems top suicidal in SK) No idea if it's true, but that all might have something to do with keeping the wages down?

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2024-10-31/south-korea...