2 out of 3 Koreans “We can become an economic powerhouse because of the ROK-US alliance”

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President Yoon Seok-yeol shakes hands with US President Joe Biden at the Korea-US summit held at a hotel in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on the 13th (local time). (Provided by the Office of the President) 2022.11.14

Two out of three South Koreans believe that economic development was possible because of the ROK-US alliance. One out of two Koreans said that the ROK-US alliance should be strengthened.

On the 16th, the Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) conducted a public perception survey of 1004 men and women aged 18 and over on the 4th and 5th to mark the 70th anniversary of the Korea-US alliance. It would have been impossible for South Korea as an economic powerhouse.”

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Only 12.0% of respondents said that Korea could have grown into an economic powerhouse without the ROK-US alliance.

As for the reason for positively evaluating the ROK-US alliance, ‘US security support’ was the most common at 52.3%. ‘Economic support such as aid from the US’ and ‘Access to the large US market and cooperation with US companies’ were 32.6% and 15.1%, respectively.

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It was found that the Korean people think that the ROK-US alliance should be strengthened in the future.

In the question regarding the future prospects of the ROK-US alliance, 94.6% of respondents answered that it should be strengthened or maintained. 50.6% answered ‘very strengthened or strengthened’, and 44.0% ‘maintained the status quo’.

Only 5.4% of respondents said the ROK-US alliance should be reduced.

As for the reason for strengthening the ROK-US alliance, 34.2% answered ‘guaranteeing national security through strengthening national defense’ and ‘strengthening geopolitical stability surrounding the Korean Peninsula’ at 33.0%.

89.0% of the respondents also cited the United States as Korea’s number one partner. Next were China (35.2%), Japan (23.4%) and the European Union (EU, 17.5%).

Source: Donga

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