韩国青年面临严峻的就业困境，越来越多人选择暂时离开学校或工作岗位。根据韩国国家数据处的统计，15至29岁的"休息青年"规模达36.7万人，若按2030世代的口径计算则达65.1万人1。韩媒估算，2025年选择"战略性休学"的大学生人数已逼近44.5万1。中山大学副教授陈晨指出，"平均每20名二三十岁韩国青年中，就约有1人处于既没有工作且未积极求职的状态"1。
这一现象反映出传统"优绩主义"的激励机制正在失效。大学休学已演变成一种规范制度，许多青年通过暂离校园来积累实践经验或创业1。根据相关规定，大学生每次休学期限一般不超过一年，可申请的总期限为三年1。就读大学的朴善宇观察到，休学在同龄人中已相当普遍，"身边有类似经历的同学至少超过五成"1，这反映出整个社会对竞争压力的集体缓解方式。
More than one million young South Koreans are withdrawing from the job market, adopting what observers call "strategic leave of absence" or entering periods of inactivity to cope with intense employment pressures.1 According to official data, the scale of "resting youth" aged 15 to 29 reaches 367,000 people, or 651,000 when calculated using the broader definition of those born in the 2030s generation.1 The phenomenon reflects a fundamental breakdown in the traditional meritocratic system that once promised rewards for educational and professional achievement.
University leave of absence has become an institutionalized practice among Korean students seeking to escape competitive pressures. As of 2025, media estimates suggest that approximately 445,000 university students have taken strategic leaves of absence.1 Under current regulations, each leave period typically cannot exceed one year, with a maximum cumulative leave limit of three years.1 Among young adults, the trend has become normalized; one observer noted that among her peers, over half of students have experienced or are experiencing some form of leave of absence.1 According to research by a professor at Sun Yat-sen University, approximately one in every twenty South Koreans in their twenties and thirties is neither employed nor actively seeking work.1 This widespread retreat from competition signals that the traditional pathway of educational success leading to career advancement no longer reliably delivers the promised economic security and social mobility.
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