Losing The South Korean Youth (BlindMagazine/14 Jan 2025)

Blind Magazine explores the struggles of South Korean youth in an intensely competitive society, highlighting their disconnection from traditional norms and its link to the country’s demographic crisis. Photographs capture young people resisting societal expectations, revealing how rigid definitions of success, combined with the world’s lowest birth rate and highest youth suicide rate among developed nations, reflect a deeper cultural issue. Yang suggests that meaningful change may require future generations to challenge entrenched norms and redefine societal values.