Dictionary definition of “386 generation”

386 generation

n. the age group of South Koreans who were born in the Sixties, attended university in the Eighties, and are now serving in positions of power. Subjects: South Korea

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Citations: 1999 Korea Herald (Seoul, S. Korea) (Jan. 6) “1999—The sideways year”: The “386 generation” of people born in the 1960s and the “shinsedae” of people born in the 1970s will demand changes in traditional top-down decision making in Korean organizations. 1999 Korea Times (Seoul, S. Korea) (June 11) “Student Activists in 1980s Gear Up for New Social Movement”: Many of them were imprisoned while staging anti-government and unification activities in the 1980s. They belong to the so-called “386 Generation.” 2004 Hong Byeog-gee (Joins.com) (S. Korea) (July 23) “Rifts between Lee Jun-jai, 386ers appear”: Mr. Lee said in a speech to the Korean Businesswomen’s Federation that an insufficient understanding of economics by Koreans in their late 30s and early 40s—the “386 generation”—was limiting the nation’s economic growth. 2004 Kim So-young Korea Herald (Seoul, S. Korea) (Aug. 19) “Minister preaches market economy to lawmakers”: The 386 generation refers to those who were in their thirties when the term was coined, attended college in the 1980s and were born in the 1960s. 2004 Kim Gi-hyeon @ Moscow Dong-A Ilbo Daily (Seoul, S. Korea) (Aug. 24) “The Long-Lost Civilian Revolution”: The so-called “386-generation” members who had once led the movement for democracy are now in several government positions.

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