Published onJuly 10, 2026My Parents Bought Apartments, I Buy Index Funds: The Korean Generational Wealth DivideKorean FinanceGenerational WealthReal EstateInvesting PhilosophyCultural FinanceKorean parents obsessed over real estate. Their kids buy S&P 500 index funds and crypto. What changed? A personal look at how two generations of Koreans think about money, risk, and what it means to be "wealthy."