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by kubb 28 days ago
You can retire in Korea on 200K after tax?
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jeron 28 days ago
CoL outside of Seoul is ridiculously cheap
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kubb 28 days ago
Apparently a single person can live in Busan on 1500 USD per month. 200k buys you 11 years, not accounting for inflation and COL increase.

A 40 year old person can’t retire on that money.

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iioiio 28 days ago
If a person has already made progress on their retirement goals, then an additional 200K can certainly help to reach the goal faster.
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kubb 28 days ago
That’s trivially true always and everywhere haha
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