Despite the government’s continued efforts to disperse population growth away from Seoul, a new survey suggests population centralization to the greater Seoul area is intensifying.
The sustained outflow of young people from regional areas to the capital region appears to be motivated by expectations of higher wages and better infrastructure. Reports show that people in their twenties and thirties have an increasingly negative perception of regions outside of Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province, largely due to a widening wage gap.
Youth migration to Seoul accelerates
According to a report released Tuesday by research firm Leaders Index, net population inflows among people aged 20-39 in the pas
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