>higher GDP per capita
>higher HDI
>better IT and tech companies

i don't care im still cumming to japan

ok tell me when they surpass japan in having an interesting culture

They think about us all the time while we think about them like 4 times a year.

i don't know if korea's tourism board has just gone into overdrive or what but ever since Parasite (2019) korean pop culture has been inescapable.

>muh GDP
Hate this fucking meme so much

>>212261005 (OP)
you forgot

>less sovl
>more plastic

>>212261005 (OP)
>higher good goy points per capita
>higher good goy index
>More shabbos goyim companies
yup, I can see that. Japan is definitely over. Its the century of plastic surgery and murderous electric fans.

>>212261005 (OP)
we surpass japan in number of suicides per year, we are better than them at everything

>>212261253
This
Means jack shit to figuring out living standard

>>212261005 (OP)
Japan is culturally superior.

>>212261319
How dare you Koreans be more miserable than us? We were the first in Asia to introduce depression and despair in civil society when we started Westernizing. Japan is lost

>>212261319
>>212261368
>japan known for suicides
>mogged by korea
>japan known for not having babies
>mogged by korea
japan, do better, you guys have nothing over korea now

>>212261319
>>212261368
owari da na…

>>212261390
We'e still top when it comes to net incel gain per porn produced

>>212261005 (OP)
Are koreans miserable?

You remember when Korea was supposed to be developed country? Me neither.

Stock Market Capitalization by Country - 2025-05
- China: $9.9T
- Japan: $6.7T
- India: $4.3T
- Taiwan: $2T
- South Korea: $1.7T

Japan's $6.7T market cap is double Germany’s $2.9T, which will upset GDP purists. Japan punches above its weight in corporate scale, and investor participation.

Only Korea falls, while US, Japan and Taiwan rise.

>Over the past five years, the top 10 companies in South Korea have seen a significant decline in the market capitalization. It was down -12.7% from 2020. Meanwhile, the top 10 companies in the US surged +106.9%, Japan +53.3% and Taiwan +82.9%. The stock prices of their companies have jumped up to twice as much, while only Korean companies dropped.

>The profits of South Korea's companies also decreased -20.3% from 2019. Taiwan's profits increased by +122.8%. The US and Japan saw increases of +119.9% and +116.3% respectively. In the aftermath of the 12.3 martial law incident, the gap with foreign rivals is expected to widen even further.

Japan is doing the weakest currency, and Tokyo is still 2x richer than Seoul. lol

Tokyo $75,285 (14 million population)
Seoul $48,168 (9 million population)

>>212261769
I'm honestly more impressed that enough people trust the Chinese stock market for them to get that valuation. Every Chinese person I talk to tells me that the reason real-estate is such a bubble is because nobody trusts stocks to invest into.

>>212261005 (OP)
Korea will go extinct in like 30 years, the fuck you're talking about

Kimchi bros...


South Korea’s Exports Drop as Tariffs Take Toll
https://www.wsj.com/economy/trade/south-koreas-exports-drop-as-tariffs-take-toll-fd52c515
>South Korean exports to the U.S. fell 8.1% on the year in May, following a 6.8% slide in April.

Korea's trade surplus with U.S. halves in April as those of Japan, Taiwan widen
https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-06-09/business/economy/Koreas-trade-surplus-with-US-halves-in-April-as-those-of-Japan-Taiwan-widen/2325269
>Korea took a bigger blow than Japan and Taiwan from the United States’ “tariff bomb” under President Donald Trump, recent trade data showed, with Seoul’s trade surplus with Washington halving in April while Tokyo and Taipei saw theirs widen.