After the collapse of the Yi Seung Man regime, the April 19th Generation proceeded with active discussions regarding the Korean peninsula's unification,and they also engaged themselves in vibrant movements toward unification. Students with progressive aspiration and tendencies argued that unification should be accomplished with a neutralization of the Korean peninsula, and they demanded that the negotiation between South and North be initiated as well. They also arranged negotiation gatherings between the students of the South and North, but their efforts were thwarted with the Coup on May 16th. The June 3rd Generation based their actions upon a strong anti-Japanese Nationalist sentiment, and failed to display a distinct position regarding the resolution of the Korean peninsula's status of division. Anti-Japanese efforts were always present at the crux of the issues at the time, and it was hard to pursue them while also pursuing unification. The generation of 'Youths and Students dedicated to the cause of Democratization,' which was also very much against the 4th Republic and its 'Renewed Constitution,' concentrated upon dismantling the egregious dictatorship of the Park Jeong Hi regime and therefore achieving a democratic society. They believed that the South-North talks held during the Park regime were nothing but a sham that would only serve the regime's agenda aiming for either a prolonged or permanent ruling of the country. Efforts to resolve the peninsula's division were pursued only unofficially by factions undisclosed,which also led to the People Revolution Party incident. After experiencing the massacre that was perpetrated in Gwangju, the generation which was involved in the democratization movements of the 1980s started to display an anti-U.S. stance, and with the people who were involved in the June Democratic Struggle, movements aiming for unification and also having a better understanding of the North Korean society literally exploded. Yet at the same time, their perception of the peninsula's division showed various perspectives within as well. After the Cold war ended, their views of the peninsula's division, North Korea, and the issue of Unification, diverged into many variations.