1 out of 4 young Korean men may be far-right: study

1 out of 4 young Korean men may be far-right: study

“Some 25.9 % of young Korean men appear to lean far-right politically, a recent study indicated, showing a potentially severe ideological divide by gender and generation.

Published in the Korean Journal of Sociology, the study used data from a Hankook Research survey commissioned by Sisa IN last year and the 2025 Korean General Social Survey to categorize 2,000 participants by their apparent political orientation.

Some 25.9 % of male youth were thought to have far-right inclinations, according to the analysis.

The figure was higher than any other age or gender group, and stood in stark contrast to the female youth group’s 4.2 % – the lowest of any other group.

Young men were the clear leader in terms of those with right-leaning inclinations, at 50.1 %. This was substantially higher than the next highest group, who were 65-and-above at 39.2 %.

Only 22.9 % of young women leaned right, the second-lowest figure next to 21.1 % for middle-aged women [35-64 years old].

Young men’s right-leaning tendencies also clashed with those of middle-aged men [35-64 years old], among whom only 27.4 % were conservatives and 13.4 % far-right. Nearly half (45.1 %) of the middle-aged men [35-64 years old] leaned left, which was the highest among any age group.

Women generally had more moderates than men: moderates accounted for 43.1 % in the youth category, 41.8 % for middle-aged and 40.6 % for those in the older category. No male group had a centrist percentage exceeding 31.8 %, the share recorded for male youth.

Researchers noted that only 10 % of young Korean men actually identified as far-right, despite their preferred policies indicating otherwise. Saying this indicates young men may view far-right political orientation as universal, not extreme, the researchers urged further study into this possibility.

The study said that the high percentage of young men categorized as far-right has been an ongoing trend since 2005. They pointed out that in the 2005 KGSS, the percentage of right-leaning young men was actually lower than right-leaning young women.”

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