'Three-no generation' seeks voice in South Korea vote
More than 55 per cent of young voters said they would "definitely vote" in Wednesday's election
Seoul
THIS week's general election in South Korea is expected to feature a new breed of "angry young voter" - millennials frustrated with record-high unemployment and widening inequality in career prospects.
The April 13 ballot for the 300-seat national assembly has been touted as a referendum on the economic policies of the ruling conservative Saenuri Party, and President Park Geun-Hye who has less than two years left of her single five-year term.
Polls suggest the Saenuri, popular with older voters, will retain the simple parliamentary majority it won in 2012, especially with rifts between opposit…
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