According to a new \u2018unification consciousness\u2019 poll by the state-run National Unification Advisory Council, 74.6% of people believe that the Kim Jong Eun regime will collapse.<\/p>\n
The poll targeted 1,000 young adults and middle aged people in Korea\u2019s 16 major cities.<\/p>\n
In more detail, 14.3% said that the regime \u2018will collapse in a few years\u2019 while 60.3% said that \u2018it will take time but eventually will collapse\u2019. Meanwhile, 18.6% responded that the Kim Jong Eun system will \u2018continue on for 30 or more years\u2019.<\/p>\n
34.0% of the 746 respondents who predicted the collapse of Kim Jong Eun system said that it will happen within the next 10-20 years. Other answers were \u2018in more than 30 years\u2019 (26.2%), \u201820-30 years\u2019 (14.2%), and \u2018less than 5 years\u2019 (3.5%). <\/p>\n
Other questions covered the people\u2019s attitude toward North Korea. 46.1% said that North Korea represents \u2018something we must cooperate with\u2019, 21.9% said it is \u2018something to guard against\u2019, 14.4% said it is \u2018an enemy confronting us\u2019, and 13.2% said that it is a \u2018problematic headache\u2019.<\/p>\n
Regardless of which, 61.6% of respondents preferred gradual unification. Only 7.8% answered that \u2018unification must be achieved as soon as possible\u2019. On the other hand, 25.4% said North and South Korea \u2018must co-exist in the current state\u2019 while 4.7% said that \u2018unification is not necessary\u2019.<\/p>\n
Looking toward the things that people believe the South Korean government should prioritize, 29.8% said \u2018creating more inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation\u2019, 20.4% said \u2018raising national security awareness\u2019, 16.3% said \u2018enhancing diplomacy with regional powers\u2019, 15.3% said \u2018raising the money to pay for unification\u2019, and 15.0% said \u2018strengthening our independent national defense strength\u2019. <\/p>\n
This poll was conducted between April 6th and 8th by the National Unification Advisory Council using the CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interview) method. The respondents were young adults and middle aged people from 19 to 40 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
According to a new \u2018unification consciousness\u2019 poll by the state-run National Unification Advisory Council, 74.6% of people believe that the Kim Jong Eun regime will collapse. The poll targeted 1,000 young adults and middle aged people in Korea\u2019s 16 major cities. In more detail, 14.3% said that the regime \u2018will collapse in a few years\u2019 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":169,"featured_media":20270,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n