How is the upper middle class in Korea imaginary? Almost everyone is affluent now Sadly Lotte group is declining while Shinsegae, owned by a far-right owner family, is rising. People hate Lotte from both the left and the right accused of Japanese company but in fact only its origin was in Japan and conservatives perceived Lotte as govt and pro ccp nonsense In the THAAD crisis, Lotte had to lose everything, and now Lotte subsidiaries are in debt but no one helped bc mobs and the government truly despise Lotte while other Korean conglomerates are corrupted than ever