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GENERATIONAL GAP IN SOUTH KOREAKOREAN POLITICS - AUGUSTIN PASQUINI

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GENERATION GAP?

The generation gap is a term popularized in Western countries during the 1960s

Refers to differences between people of younger generations and their elders

First used to describe for the “Beatles/Stones generation”

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IN KOREA

South Korea started a massive political, economic, and social shift since it was liberated from Japan at end of World War II

It had to deal with rediscovering its own identity while working to shape a new one for the future

It resulted in a heavy contrast between the old and young, and rural and urban

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THE “Y GENERATION”

“Y” stands for "Young"Workers born in the 80s and able to master foreign

languagesBorn after the end of the South Korean industrializationSingle child, accustomed to Internet uses, went for trips

abroad, etc.Seemed to be not much loyal to a company?

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THE “P GENERATION”

“Peace Generation” or “Prosperity Generation”

Never known what it was like fighting in the war or being poor under military rule

Basic anti-Americanism feeling, and a non-consciousness of the North Korean threat

As inclined to disbelieve their own political leaders as to blame North Korea

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THE “A GENERATION”

The “Angry Generation”Angry with politic, politics, and political turbulencesTired of the ideological warfare in Korean society

between the left and the rightAngry at the prejudice of Korean society against

others, foreigners, strangers and fellow citizens from other provinces

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SILENT GENERATION

The people that were born soon after the liberation in 1945

They experienced dramatic social turmoil and political ups and downs

Supposedly hard working people

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CONCLUSION

Many ways to qualify both rising and aging generations

“Korea seems to have endured as much in the past 30 years as it did in the previous 1000”

Will old Korean values remain?

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