The biggest range of ‘surplus’ for men coincides with the highest gap in education and employment.
https://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_national/1158095.html
It seems like to me that women are getting educations but don’t find work in South Korea. But they are able to leave the country to find work when they aren’t hired domestically.
So I wonder if these numbers include Koreans living abroad.
Policy-wise it is the same Grand Old Party. The vibe and rhetoric is different, but the policy is mostly all there.