Category Page for: Korean Polls

Is Cheju Really One of the 7 Wonders of Nature?

» by GI Korea November 16th, 2011 at 9:17 am » Comments (10)

I agree with Andrew Salmon in the below article that you can't fault the Koreans for stuffing the online ballot box for this designation, but as nice a place Cheju ...more »

Many Korean Students Say They Would Flee the Country If North Korea Attacked

» by GI Korea July 2nd, 2011 at 8:55 pm » Comments (55)

A poll taken recently of South Korea students shows that 44% of them would flee the country if North Korea attacked while only 15% of them would stay and fight. ...more »

Southeast Asians Most Discriminated Against In South Korea

» by GI Korea January 21st, 2011 at 7:43 pm » Comments (59)

So says this poll: One in four Southeast Asians living in South Korea has experienced discrimination, more than triple the corresponding figure for foreigners from OECD countries, according to ...more »

A Portrait of a Korean Baby Boomer

» by NC47 May 20th, 2010 at 12:31 am » Comments (5)

Here is what Statistics Korea believes is a typical Korean baby boomer's life. Mr. B is a middle-aged Korean man, born in 1960 to a rural peasant father and housewife. His ...more »

Poll Says Chinese Prefer Americans to Koreans

» 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 »

15% of Koreans Think North Korea Did Not Start the Korean War

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

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 »

Seoul Workers Work 2nd Longest Hours In the World

» 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 »

Korea Ranked as World’s 13th Most Powerful Nation

» 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 »

Korea Tops Both Japan and China In Smoking Per Capita

» 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 »

Korean Adults Drink 74 Bottles of Soju A Year

» 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 »