Thinking politics.

Political scientist Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) says, "In life, thinking is not a right that does not matter if you do not do it, but an obligation that must be fulfilled." 

With age, the gap between the rich and the poor widens with respect to intelligence. Those who have the habit of thinking youth make a beautiful old age, and those who do not can't overcome the mental and physical decline that comes from age and grow old floundering with desire. When middle-aged people come, they are at a crossroads. 

When it comes to inter-Korean relations, the idea of the old generation, whose habit of hostility is deeply rooted, should be abandoned. And young thoughts that are closely related to the benefits of fruit and have a reform tendency will be needed. The era of North Korean President Kim Jong-un, a new generation, may be a good opportunity for the two Koreas. In fact, there was a time when former President Park Chung-hee, a favorite of South Koreans who tried not to let go of their hostile thoughts about North Korea, also worked hard on inter-Korean cooperation and unification issues, including the 7.4 inter-Korean joint statement. It would be easier to explain with young confidence that he can do it than to various scientific interpretations.

I saw a memoir of a newspaper reporter about former President Park Chung-hee in a weekly magazine that I read (examined several times in the previous article) when I was a student. In the article, it is said that the president was always thinking hard about something. However, I think the president's young thoughts gradually ended from 1972. In his later years, he asked the chief of staff, "How much corruption did you make?" and when the chief of staff said he had no such thing, the president asked back, "Who hasn't done it these days?" showing the limitation of his old spirit that I can't help it. The ideals and willingness to reform during the military coup naturally left with age. 

Long-term power clearly explains the chronology of the problem. In Japan, development stopped as politicians with certain political tendencies (conservatives close to the far right) took power for a long time. China is attempting to return to the past, so it is thought that the economy will probably be affected. Russia is thought to overcome the problems arising from the aging of leaders to some extent. The color of the chronology does not seem clear because the United States and other Western countries have a system in which various political feedback from citizens is recognized. 

Age is like both sides of a coin containing wisdom and cliché. In fact, I hope that the thoughts of Korean politicians will not be conservative in many ways for the future.