But South Koreans, especially younger ones, are far less interested in reconciliation, to say nothing of reunification. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA—The last time South Korea hosted an Olympics, in 1988, the North not only refused to take part, it blew up a South Korean airliner 10 months before the games. “To young South Koreans, North Korea is someone they don’t want anything to do with.”Polling experts say that South Korean men in their 20s often get more hawkish after they finish their mandatory military service. These were formative events for young South Koreans, these analysts say. Younger South Koreans don’t share the pain caused by the peninsula’s divide, or the inclination to see North Koreans as long-lost brethren.

Source: thestar January 29, 2018 01:43 UTC