South Korea’s frustrated younger voters demand change

SEOUL: Thirty years after South Korea became a democracy, voters born in the period go to the polls Tuesday frustrated over their prospects and demanding change as growth slows and job prospects fade.

The decades-long “Miracle on the Han”—named after the river that flows through Seoul—propelled the country from a war-ravaged ruin to Asia’s fourth-largest economy and the ranks of the OECD.