Millennial and Gen Z views of South Korea's generation in power shape an election

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Presidential elections in South Korea this Wednesday could have implications for its ties with the United States, North Korea and China. But the vote is likely to hinge on domestic issues.

In previous elections, politicians largely campaigned along ideological or geographical lines. This time, the race is playing out along generational ones.

People in their 20s and 30s make up about a third of the vote — and candidates really want to win them over.

A central issue is how these younger voters feel about the generation in power. Many of those in office are known as the "86 generation," because they were college students in the 1980s and born in the '60s.

Many of the 86ers were pro-democracy activists, who ousted a military dictatorship that ruled the nation from 1961 to 1988. The generation now commands the heights of South Korean business and politics, including the outgoing administration of President Moon Jae-in and the governing Democratic Party of Korea.