South Korean's don't want war

The latest poll conducted by the Korean National Assembly and Korea Research: Koreans’ overwhelming support for engagement with North Korea in the New Year.

• 81% support the North-South Korean summit meeting in 2018

  

• 71% support South Korea’s sending a special envoy to North Korea

  

• 67.8% support postponing the US-Korea Joint Military Drills to periods after Winter Olympics

  

• 60% regard North Korea’s participation in the Winter Olympics very important

  

• 50% think that the North-South Korean family reunions should be held during the Lunar New Year in 2018 regardless of current tension.

  

• 47.4% believe that inter-Korean relations will improve in the New Year

  

• 42.8 think that the new security policy of the United States doesn’t help Korea

  

• 55.2% think positively about the Korean government’s reevaluation of the 2015 Korea-Japan bilateral deal regarding Japan’s Military Sexual Slavery (“Comfort Women”)

  

• 70.2% support keeping the Peace Statue (“the bronze comfort girl statute") in the original place across from the Japanese embassy in Seoul

  

• 67.2% expect that China’s economic retaliation of Korea caused by the deployment of THAAD in Korea will gradually lessen

  

• 62.4% have faith in Japan-Korea’s bilateral relationship. A majority of Korean believe that historical issues be treated separately from areas where two nations can cooperate, such as security in Northeast Asia and economic, social and cultural areas.