The election last autumn of the activist Park Won-soon as mayor of Seoul demonstrated the growing strength of the youth vote, which took the ruling Grand National Party completely by surprise. Young people mobilized themselves spontaneously, using all the tools of social networking and modern communications, to turn out not only voters their own age, but countless others exasperated with South Korea’s rigidity and insulated opportunities.
政治异见分子朴元淳在去年秋季选举中当选首尔市长的事件说明年轻选民的力量正不断壮大，也令执政的韩国大国家党措手不及。年轻人自发动员起来，利用一切社交网络工具和现代通讯手段，不仅使得本年龄层的选民出手投票，还发动了无数被僵化现状以及阶级流动机会缺失所激怒的人们。