Kkondaes thrive in South Korea despite pushback against abuse

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deeply ingrained culture that frowns upon talking back to your seniors.

A classic example is the 2014 Korean Air "nut rage" saga, whereby the airline's heiress and then vice-president Heather Cho made a cabin crew member kneel in front of her for serving nuts wrongly, and ordered the taxiing aircraft to return to the departure gate.

Things have changed since then as young people are fighting back against abusive behaviour that has been tolerated for centuries in Confucianist South Korea. A labour Bill was even revised in July 2019 to prevent workplace bullying.

"We are told to follow work instructions unconditionally and we are forced to drink alcohol at every office dinner," the respondent said. "If a young employee raises a problem, the bosses will say he is a 'clueless 90s generation'."

Another respondent said he was insulted, ignored and harassed so much at work that he became depressed and "my body trembles just looking at news of suicides".

oung people started to fight the cultural problems they saw in the wake of the 2014 Sewol ferry disaster. Some of the 250 high school students who died had obeyed instructions to stay in their cabins when the ship started to sink.

Qn: "It is better to obey than to question." To what extent is this true of your society? (RI CT 2014)