386 Generation
The 386 Generation (Korean: 386 세대; sampallyuk sedae) is the generation of South Koreans born in the 1960s who were very active politically as young adults, and instrumental in the democracy movement of the 1980s. The term was coined in the early 1990s, in reference to what was then the latest computer model, Intel's 386, and referring to people then in their 30s, having attended university in the 1980s, and born in the 1960s. As the time flows, the people in 386 generation are in the 40s and the '486 Generation' is also used.
This was the first generation of South Koreans to grow up free from the poverty that had marked South Korea in the recent past. The broad political mood of the generation was far more left-leaning than that of their parents, or their eventual children. They played a pivotal role in the democratic protests which forced President Chun Doo-hwan to call democratic elections in 1987, marking the transition from military rule to democracy.
Members of the 386 generation now comprise much of the elite of South Korean society. Kim Dae-jung benefitted from widespread 386er support, but it is the election of Roh Moo-hyun who is the strongest demonstration of the more left-leaning politics of the generation.
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by: Ziggy MarleyMany generations have passed away
Fighting for the same cause, we fight for today
Now some people say, "When will it happen?"
And that's what they say
Now let us tell them something
My generation will make the change
When Hafe bring it come
This generation will make the change
How could I dream, that this will go on?
For more many years, until a kid become a man
Fighting for freedom, oh it's a deadly thing
And trying to get away from reality
Is dangerous
My generation will make the change
Sing along
This generation will make the change
Some man lose faith, too long ina the struggle
Oh no we can't lose faith, we born ina the struggle
Like they say we were born in sin, well
Young blood ina the struggle
Yes my blood is fresh, ooh
Young blood ina the struggle
Young blood ina the struggle
Young blood ina the struggle, uh
Young blood ina the struggle
Young blood ina the struggle
Now is the time
No more talk and play
Wake up lazy mind
Aye, no sleep for you today
Now youth responsible
A when all else have failed
And there will be no more
Blaming someone else
My generation will make the change
I'm so glad to see
This generation will make the change
Hard as it may be
My generation will make the change
This ain't no talk no cheap
This generation will make the change
This ain't no weep, no weep
My generation will make the change
(This generation, sin)
This generation will make the change
(I mean this generation, oh)
My generation will make the change
This generation will make the change