Six out of 10 Korean teens would rather “go abroad” About six out of 10 Korean teenagers said they would go abroad in case of another war, suggesting the lack of patriotism among students.
Korea Advanced Youth Association and Teengora media conducted research on about 2,500 Korean teenagers from 400 middle and high schools, finding out that only 19.5 percents replied they would fight.
Meanwhile, in another survey conducted by Chungcheongbuk-do Office of Education, about 37.6 percents of male teenagers replied “yes” to the question concerning their willingness to join the army in case of war.
The study revealed a high gap between genders, as 5.9 percents of female replied positively to the same question.
Another 32.7 percents of boys said they would assist their nation indirectly, making total of 70.3 percents to involve in the war.
On the other hand, 45.5 percents of female said they would help their country indirectly. The other half of the girls replied they “would escape and go abroad,” or “not know what to do.”
By Kang Yoon-seung (koreacolin@gmail.com) Intern reporter Edited by Rob York
중고생 10명中6 “전쟁 발발하면 해외로 도피한다”