Poll Finds that Younger Generation of Koreans Least Likely to Volunteer to Fight North Korea

The people most needed to fight the North Koreans, the younger generation are the ones the least likely to want to fight according to the below survey.  I guess this survey could be used to justify why the ROK continues to need the mandatory service requirement:

A government survey finds that 72 percent of South Koreans are willing to fight for the country if a war breaks out.

According to the survey by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs, those in their 50s were the most willing to participate at 83-point-five percent, followed by those in their 60s at 81-point-five percent.

The rate was 50-point-seven percent among those in their 20s, with the rate for those in their 30s reaching 59 percent.

The rate was lower among younger people, white-collar workers, students and highly-educated people.

Fifty-five percent of the respondents said that the country should side with the U.S. if a war breaks out between the U.S. and North Korea. Twenty-four percent said the country should remain neutral, while five-point-eight percent said the country should side with North Korea.

About half of the respondents viewed the country’s security conditions as serious.

The ministry conducted the survey on about one-thousand people age 15 or order in November last year.   [KBS World Radio]