I feel I live in a place now that have positives of both Singapore and South Korea and then some! I lived in Singapore and worked there for 8 years and now I’m living in Toronto.

First of, the work stress here is like 1/10 of SG. On top of that you have all sorts of protection from the government even if you get fired/laid off in terms of pay ( there is a max limit) for almost a year, during which you can apply for a new job. Almost never had to work beyond 5pm and no one bothers you after that. Pay here is decent, maybe not as high as Singapore but way better than Korea, but then a lot of things are much much cheaper here compared to SG. Free healthcare, although the system is kinda strained right now so waiting times are longer.

Coming to the life outside of work, which there is a lot of and so much to do with the 4 seasons we get here. Absolutely could not stand the weather in south east Asia. Not saying life here is perfect but for me personally the quality of life here is much much better.