Losing The South Korean Youth

South Korea has gone through many changes in the last few decades, leaving some of its youth adrift. Photographer Yang Seung-Woo has photographed the lives of some of these girls and boys, who, like the photographer, do not conform to the old social norms in the country.

“Over the past few decades, South Korea has become a more competitive society, with the current times overlapping against its cultural and ethnic background. As a result, South Korea has the highest youth suicide rate among developed countries and th...

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