January 9th, 2013 at 7:57 am » Comments (13)

I am sure if they take this same survey after another North Korean provocation that the results will probably be different: Koreans place the least priority on the alliance with the U.S. when it comes to ensuring lasting peace on the peninsula, a survey shows. The survey was conducted by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. Bolstering awareness of national security was top of the list with 47.7 percent, followed by cooperation with North Korea with
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June 6th, 2012 at 7:39 am » Comments (11)

Is anyone shocked that college students in Korea like to binge drink?: Many Koreans are first introduced to alcohol at university, where they often pick up unhealthy drinking habits from an aggressive culture where novices are practically forced to keep up the pace. In a survey of 4,061 university students by the Korean Alcohol Research Foundation in 2010, 71 percent said they drink more than five shots of soju in one sitting, which is defined as binge drinking by the World Health Organization. That means as many as seven out
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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 is to visit I believe it is not one of the 7 wonders of nature when looked at objectively: It’s official: Jeju Island has, following international online and telephone polls, been voted one of the world’s “New Seven Wonders of Nature,” by a Swiss-based organization, “New7Wonders.” My first reaction was not surprise ― given the voting method, I had expected
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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.  Leftist teachers are being blamed for this lack of patriotism, but I think a more interesting poll would be to see what Koreans 20 to 40 years old think since they would be serving or would have served in the ROK military and hopefully had more of a sense of patriotism instilled in them.

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 a poll released on Tuesday. According to the survey conducted by the Seoul Development Institute (SDI) on 333 foreign nationals living in the capital, 25.9 percent of Southeast Asian immigrants have faced discrimination, compared to 8.2 percent of foreigners from OECD nations, including the U.S., Japan and countries in Europe.  [Yonhap] I wonder if this poll includes Bangladeshis and Sri Lankans
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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 generation prided themselves as the unsung heroes of the nation’s rapid industrialization between the 1960s and 1980s, dedicating their lives to hard work and creating Korea Inc., often at the expense of their personal lives. Yet many were left unemployed by the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis. And now they face the daunting task of supporting their elderly parents and
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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, but feel less friendly toward it than the U.S. or Russia. This is suggested by a report published by Grand National Party lawmaker Gu Sang-chan of the National Assembly’s Foreign Affairs, Trade and Unification Committee. The report was based on a recent survey among 1,322 Beijing and Shanghai residents. Some 28 percent of respondents said North Korea was the
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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, a poll suggests. In a study by Dongseo Research for the Committee for the 60th Anniversary of the Korean War of 1,000 adults over 19 or older, 33 percent of respondents gave the wrong year when asked when the Korean War broke out or said they did not know. In a similar survey by the Ministry of Public Administration
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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 in the world except Cairo. According to a report by the Swiss financial group UBS, people in Seoul worked an average 2,312 hours a year, ranking second among residents of 73 major cities around the world. Cairenes were first with 2,373 hours a year on average. The people of Lyon, France worked the least at 1,582 hours. The average
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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 in terms of national power in a survey seeking to compare countries’ politics, economy, society, culture and defense. The Hansun Foundation for Freedom & Happiness on Friday published the survey of Korea’s overall national power for the Chosun Ilbo on the occasion of Liberation Day, comparing the Group of 20 advanced and industrial nations. The U.S. and China ranked
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