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''' * SOUTH * KOREA'S STUDENTS '''
*THE WORLD STUDENTS SOCIETY* -wishes every single person in the world with every blessing of the *Holy Ramadhan*.
One
of his important contributions is to highlight the ''fun house
mirrors'' of fury that make all militant groups, white supremacy and
Hindu fundamentalism blur into each other.
THIRTY YEARS -after South Korea became a democracy voters born in the period went to polls some two Tuesdays ago-
Frustrated over their prospects- and demanding change as growth slows and job prospects get into a fade mode.
The
decades long ''Miracle on the Han'' -named after the river that
flows through Seoul -propelled the country from a war-ravaged ruin
to Asia's fourth largest economy and the ranks of the OECD.
But
its younger voters/students complain bitterly that times have changed
dramatically from their parents' generation, when hard work paid off
with wealth and success regardless of the social origin.
Unemployment
among students/youth defined as those under 30 -has risen for five
consecutive years to hit an all-time high of 9.8 per cent in 2016,
more than double the overall average.
South
Korea is a notoriously performance-driven country, where the pressure to
get into a prestigious university is so intense that most
students/children begin after-hours studies at cramming centres while
at primary school.
But for those students in
their 20s and 30s, attending the best educational institutions no
longer guarantees a decent job, with companies reluctant to hire in the
face of a slowing growth, now below 3% a year.
According to reports, the giant conglomerates that dominate the economy such as Samsung, SK and Hyundai receive hundreds of thousands of applications a year for just a few thousand positions.
A
Korea Economic Research Institute poll of the country's 500 largest
companies last month showed nearly a quarter of respondents planned to
reduce new hires or not recruit at all in the first half of the year.
With their entry in the work force indefinitely delayed, college graduates spend years filling out college forms.
Even
more depressing the sense of despair that the lack of opportunities
compared with the past, and far more competition means they will never
improve their position in a country with a rigid class structure.
''I think the biggest problem is inequality,'' said Park Hye Shin, a 27 year old student at Hankook University of Foreign Studies.
''You
can't climb the social ladder no matter how hard you try. Even if you
attend the best university, every step you take in life is contest after
contest.'' .
And the Age of Anger and Rage, Mishra constructs a similar narrative to that of Tariq Ali's in The Clash of Fundamentalisms or Mohsin Hamid's in The Reluctant Clash of Fundamentalist.
All three men criticize what Mishra calls 'fundamentalism' today [,,,] American Imperialism,'' and Hamid Term's globalisation's ''janissaries''.
These capitalism radicals tessellate on global society's extreme edges with all kinds of groups, such as Al-Qaeda, and other militant groups, including India's Rashtryia Swayam sevak Sangh [RSS]
Mishra
traces developments from the Enlightenment epoch -when rampant
individualist Voltaire squared up to embittered nationalist Jean
Jacques Rousseau -up to our current Age of anger-
Which he characterizes as a : ''presently exploding netherworld of political rage, conspiracy theory and paranoia.''
''Enlightened self-interest led, '' Mishra asserts.
With many thanks from the *World Students Society for writer and researcher Claire Chambers*.
The
Honor and Serving of the latest ''Operational Research'' on
*Students, Life and Ways* continues. Thank Ya all for reading and
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With
respectful dedication to the Students, Professors and Teachers of South
Korea. See Ya all on !WOW! - the World Students Society and
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''' Confessions '''
Good Night and God Bless
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