These sharp, yet vast divides in both the Korean and American societies primarily result from the generation gap between the young and the old. The Time article, too, pointed out that age makes all the difference: “But the deepest split is the one that cuts across all these and turns not on income or geography but on age.” The article named the younger of the two the “The Millennial Generation (aged 18-30)” and the older one “The Silent Generation (aged 66-83).”