Special report | The future

South Korea’s transformation is still fragile

And covid-19 could damage it even more

WHEN PARK HYE-SOO was a young girl, her path to success seemed clearly defined. “My parents said, study hard, get into a good university and everything will be fine, so I was a good daughter and did that,” she says. “But when I finished I didn’t know what to do and my parents didn’t either and I realised nobody had ever taught me how to make decisions for myself.”

This article appeared in the Special report section of the print edition under the headline “The limits of loosening”

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