GROWING GAP IN POLITICS AND AMONG PEOPLE

Hello and welcome.

You're watching Press Perspective for this Friday January 24th here in Seoul.

I'm Min Sunhee.

Today we address the impact of political polarization on the stability of our societies and more.

For more I have Kelly Kasulis Cho with The Washington Post.

Kelly it's good to have you back this week.

I also have Colin Marshall with the foreign pundit's take on the issues at hand.

Colin as always thank you for being here.

1) Kelly, there are grave concerns about the deepening political divide here in Korea.

2) Colin, what do you suppose is further aggravating Korea's political polarization this time around?

3) Kelly, some pro-Yoon supporters have spoken of seeing hope in Mr. Trump's return to the White House where he promptly moved to pardon the January 6th rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in 2021.

4) Colin, back here in Korea.

5) Meanwhile Kelly, I hear this growing political gap between Gen Z women and men is a phenomenon that extends beyond Korean borders.

6) Colin, a local survey shows most Koreans believe the government should take the lead in bridging the political divide, but few trust its ability to do so.

7) Kelly, let's now move on to some other lighter stories.

8) Colin, there has been yet another foreign media report about robots tackling labor shortages amid Korea's aging population.

All right.