» by GI Korea October 22nd, 2009 at 6:55 am » Comments (6)

Here is another survey asking people in Shanghai and Beijing about how they feel about Koreans: Chinese people seem to regard South Korea as a strong, clean, bright and helpful country, ...more »

» by GI Korea September 30th, 2009 at 5:06 am » Comments (4)

For some reason these statistics about Korean perceptions of the Korean War really doesn't surprise me: Three out of 10 South Koreans do not know when the Korean War broke out, ...more »

» by GI Korea August 24th, 2009 at 6:37 pm » Comments (4)

Here is some news that probably will not be a shock to anyone who has lived in Korea: People in Seoul work longer hours than residents of any other major city ...more »

» by GI Korea August 20th, 2009 at 7:25 am » Comments (2)

Who would have thought after the Korean War that South Korea today would be ranked the 13th most powerful country in the world?: Korea has been ranked 13th in the world ...more »

» by GI Korea June 12th, 2009 at 4:06 am » Comments (4)

This news actually surprises me a bit because I would have guessed the Chinese would smoke more per capita than the Koreans: more »

» by GI Korea May 20th, 2009 at 8:06 pm » Comments (10)

And the survey says, Koreans drink a lot: A survey has found that Korean adults drink an average of 110 bottles of beer and 74 bottles of soju annually. The survey ...more »

» by GI Korea May 7th, 2009 at 3:38 am » Comments (8)

Non-surprisingly much of this high ranking is due to traffic accidents: South Korea ranked third among the member nations of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) in terms of ...more »

» by GI Korea April 7th, 2009 at 2:05 am » Comments (8)

Considering the state of the economy and how much Koreans work, the results of this poll are not surprising: However, the country ranked at the bottom in terms of life satisfaction. ...more »

» by GI Korea March 26th, 2009 at 4:34 pm » Comments (4)

It doesn't surprise me that the National Assembly ranks so low in this poll, but when civic groups and labor unions are considered the most law abiding organizations in Korea ...more »

» by GI Korea February 13th, 2009 at 11:54 pm » Comments (9)

This shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone who has spent a while living in Korea: More than one-third of South Koreans believe violence is more effective than the law or ...more »

» by GI Korea October 17th, 2008 at 7:44 am » Comments (2)

With all the time I have spent in Korea talking to Koreans this is one poll where I definitely agree with its findings: Korean parents are more concerned with contaminated ...more »

» by GI Korea September 25th, 2008 at 10:53 am » Comments (11)

The normal caveats apply when it comes to Korean polling but this recent poll does show how non-sensical Korean public perceptions can be: North Korea’s nuclear brinkmanship seems to be having ...more »