Education and growing up
Compare general education and vocational routes.
COUNTRY LIFE / KOR
If you were born in South Korea
A Korean life through education, commuting, housing and family.
01 / QUESTION
What could life be like if you were born in South Korea?
Choose school and work paths as household budgets and family time change.
South Korea / 1950–2025
Choices along the way
Balance the workplace, working hours and the commute. · Discuss housing costs and shared care schedules.
02 / START
Set your birth
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
03 / GENERATIONS
A country across generations
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
1985Sources and scope
In 1985, compulsory middle-school education began expanding in stages, according to the Ministry of Education.
Ministry of Education · compulsory middle-school expansion begins ↗
Sources describe the social setting for the relevant era; choices and the simulation shape each person’s work, family and outcome.
04 / EVERYDAY LIFE
Choices along the way
Work and careers
Balance the workplace, working hours and the commute.
Family and everyday life
Discuss housing costs and shared care schedules.
Life across generations
Compare cohorts across schooling expansion in 1985–2004 and the 1997 crisis.
05 / SOURCES
Sources and scope
Population statistics describe the era, not the outcome of one person’s life.
Education System: Secondary Education
Original source ↗Social Indicators in Korea 2024
Original source ↗Housing ownership statistics 2024
Original source ↗Korean Social Trends 2024
Original source ↗Korean financial liberalization and financial crisis research 1999
Original source ↗06 / LIFE ARCHIVE
Lives that began here
Only completed simulation records voluntarily made public by players appear here.
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07 / NEXT COUNTRY
Choose a birthplace. Discover a different life.
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