Retirement? What retirement?

How tough it can be to be part of the "common people."

It costs about 10 million Won (US$10,000) to pay for your eldest child's yearly tuition.

It costs 700,000 won to buy your younger child a school uniform.

The man actually finds himself overjoyed at the fact he isn't spending money on getting ready for retirement.

(Hankyroeh Geurimpan, 27 January 2007)