Adaptation links between Korea and Japan

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Cynthia Stults
Spectator

Angela, when I read this (several weeks later), it hit me that Dr. Yi had a very similar mindset to that of the Japanese government in regards to its relationship with U.S. presidents. Both do not care who is in power, they adapt and work with them. This ensures survival. The majority of us as humans want to survive and adapt to get along. This is where it truly takes incredible incidents and people to create revolution. What does it take for people and/or governments to decide that they cannot adapt and "work with" whomever is in power? We can see some residents of Hong Kong have hit that point in their protests. It's almost frightening wondering how their revolt will end.