[Vigilanteman]

The views of the demonstrators do not necessarily reflect theviews of the Koreans of my generation who are genuinely grateful they haven't become like their cousins in the north. Those with such memories are gracious, grateful and shake their heads in disbelief at those who have picked up their anti-American views largely from the same places our left has-- the university campuses.

[joesnuffy]

The international communists have learned from their American cousins...infiltrate the institutions of "higher learning"....
China will happily ace S Korea out of the Asian community

[AmericanInTokyo]

Good observation in the gap between the thinking on the part of older Koreans (40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s), and younger Koreans (teens, 20s, 30s) on this. The new generation has been raised on opulence and relative peace entirely, and the govt/media has not done a terribly proactive job of illuminating historic truths such as how both of our countries shed a lot of blood over there to keep it from going under the Korean Workers Party.

You can lecture the young people in the streets of Seoul (such as I did there a week ago), but I swear it DOES NOT RESONATE and it goes right past them. Pretty sad that this is the future. It is a shame a few US military guys just in from the 'hood or the trailer park, sent far away at 20, go out and ruin the goodwill for many others. The Korean press of course helps inflate things, too. They are licking their chops in Pyongyang over this, and KCNA devotes a lot of time to covering the demonstrations. Some of the student leaders and labour leaders are outright 'chuche' ideology socialist re-unifiers. They would be the first to be shot if the DPRK extended its reach down to Cheju island, for they would never be trusted for having sold out the Republic of Korea.

[Dataman]

The views of the demonstrators do not necessarily reflect theviews of the Koreans of my generation who are genuinely grateful they haven't become like their cousins in the north. Those with such memories are gracious, grateful and shake their heads in disbelief at those who have picked up their anti-American views largely from the same places our left has-- the university campuses.

There is doubtless a problem with NK Communist agitators in SK just like there were Communist agitators in the US during WW II.

[Ranger]

How widespead is the anti-Americanism? Is it instigated from N. Korea or is it indigenous. Also what do you think the US should do?

[Amelia]

The views of the demonstrators do not necessarily reflect the views of the Koreans of my generation who are genuinely grateful they haven't become like their cousins in the north.

Precisely.

My father, a Korean War veteran, visited the country recently. He was amazed at the transformation & modernization of South Korea 50 years later, and said that those of his generation & slightly younger were quite appreciative of what he & other Americans had done for their country.