South Korean youths tell Moon's party to get its act together

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The Gwangju Uprising, 1980. Members of the generation of South Koreans that once took down a military government now wonder where they misplaced their ideals. (Source photo by UPI/Kyodo)

SOTARO SUZUKI, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- Members of South Korea's once-venerated "86 Generation" -- which comprises many of those who played key roles in bringing down the country's military government -- are now wondering where they lost their way.

This has put President Moon Jae-in's administration in a delicate situation; of the South Koreans who in their heyday changed the course of their country's history and now serve as lawmakers, many find themselves at the center of Moon's government.

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