S Korea Hates Japan More Than North Korea, Gallup Poll Reveals

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Nothing brings a nation together like a common enemy and the Olympics give us an excuse to degrade every other country on the planet world without it seeming xenophobic.

It was in the midst of this festive atmosphere that Gallup Korea published their annual poll showing the country’s opinion of the rest of the world. The results? South Korea hates Japan even more than North Korea and loves America the most.

Okay, so the Japanese and South Koreans don’t get alone—what else is new? Japan hit the top of the same list back in 2002 and it shouldn’t be too hard to find a poll in Japan where Korea scores the same.

What is different about this year’s results is how much Korea seems to hate Japan: whereas 19.1% of South Koreans polled said they hold a unfavorable view of runner-up country China, a whopping 44.1% of respondents answered the same of Japan. While K-pop tops Japanese music charts and young Japanese women dream of bagging a Korean boy, nearly half of Korea is telling Japan to shove off.

Of course, the timing of the research was far from ideal: 1500 male and female Korean adults were polled over 16 days from July 14 to July 29—only a month after right-wing Japanese activist Nobuyuki Suzuki enraged the entire country by setting up a sign reaffirming Japan’s claim disputed islands and denouncing comfort women as prostitutes next to a comfort women memorial statue in Seoul.

Here are the 2012 results compared with 2002 in parenthesis (translated from Japanese):

■ South Korea’s Top 5 Least Favorite Countries
1. Japan – 44.1% (33.4% in 2002)
2. China – 19.1% (4.6%)
3. North Korea – 11.7% (17.3%)
4. America – 4.8% (18%)
5. Iraq – 0.7% (0.7%)

■ South Korea’s Top 5 Favorite Countries
1. America – 21.5% (16.5% in 2002)
2. Australia – 19% (12.5%)
3. Switzerland – 8% (8.8%)
4. Canada – 7.4% (6.6%)
5. England – 5.1% (3%)

On the other hand, South Koreans seem to love Americans more than ever before. This was especially true of respondents over the age of 60, 32.8% of whom said they felt America was still one of the good guys. Interestingly enough, America also makes the list for top 5 most disliked countries, but looking at the drop from 18% in 2002 to 4.8% this year shows that South Korea has been warming up to the country over the past decade.

Rocket News 24 via KRNews Japan

Comments

[odd-fish-stick.livejournal.com]

why would they even poll this though

[kiminikaeru.livejournal.com]

mte

[o-srsly.livejournal.com]

yum, nude pi

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

"only a month after right-wing Japanese activist Nobuyuki Suzuki enraged the entire country by setting up a sign reaffirming Japan’s claim disputed islands and denouncing comfort women as prostitutes next to a comfort women memorial statue in Seoul."

This is the part you should have highlighted.

Why do Koreans dislike Iraq?

[icysnowdrop.livejournal.com]

Maybe for the same reasons America does, since they seem to be getting on America's good side recently

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

I heard NEWS is doing really well without Psycho fish eyes.

[annhh.livejournal.com]

And fish eyes not as good as expected

[hisjulliet.livejournal.com]

It must be exhausting to have so much hatred all the time.

[cee-90.livejournal.com]

THIS...but there are so much hatred in kpop world too :(

[laeryn.livejournal.com]

But America isn't a country...?

Tbh, idgy they do these polls.

[asnindie.livejournal.com]

I had this Argument with someone just the other day lol, he said call us USA, we're not America or North America either.

[misswaldorf.livejournal.com]

Here for the icon and the gif.
My fave deatheyefish.

I'm on Pi strike for awhile, wonder what he up to nowadays!

[zeldas.livejournal.com]

south koreans, do you even know where iraq is on the map.

[nuhcuys.livejournal.com]

im sure they are all messed up over the middle east!! huhu

[seungtoria.livejournal.com]

not surprised that japan tops the list, but surprised it's almost 50% of the interviewed.

[sayufied.livejournal.com]

Iraq!??!?!

Why are they hating on Iraq!??!!

I know for a fact that some of their troops are there to train Iraqi soldiers, but that means the government is helping Iraq.

My bb Iraqi's don't deserve the hate ; ; !!

[soft-daisy.livejournal.com]

some countries would call this being white-washed (that is, of course, if they weren't so proud of their own culture)...i refer to the most favorite countries part

[noneko.livejournal.com]

"America" and Canada - they're douple dipping with Canada!

[annhh.livejournal.com]

epitome of ideal europe apparently

[aeries-amethyst.livejournal.com]

Is it racist or xenophobic that all the top 5 favoured countries have a predominantly Caucasian population? O_______O

Well I know that those countries have a wide range of cultures, races, ethnicities and nationalities, but this poll is just so unnecessary OTL

[annhh.livejournal.com]

I guess the list is just a reflection of the current affairs

What'd you hope?

[cagallisakura.livejournal.com]

"we hate your country, but we're gonna throw all are people in it to steal your money."

omg they know Canada exists! Now throw your damn kpop idols here -_-

[lee-chikin.livejournal.com]

SK is protesting because it wants the 3rd season of Sherlock.

And wasn't there a swiss footballer who tweeted racist comments towards the korean team?

[cee-90.livejournal.com]

so after "who's the kpop idol you want to drink ice tea with this summer" it's the poll about which country you love & hate,huh? they sure love to make some ridiculous polls

[exo-cath.livejournal.com]

Yaay England in top 5 most loved countries! :D

[sweetemerald513.livejournal.com]

Of course USA is #1 for favorites. Duh. We are the best after all. It's in our shining American blood.

God Bless the United States of America.

[chunsakuma.livejournal.com]

Please tell me you're being facetious.

[shy-mizuno.livejournal.com]

Fitting, seeing as how Japan is slowly getting sick of K-POP

[fingertrees.livejournal.com]

Idk, but from personal experience, they dont prefer asians that much and it really shows. And they pretty much worship USA lol smh

[liferule91.livejournal.com]

America also makes the list for top 5 most disliked countries, but looking at the drop from 18% in 2002 to 4.8% this year shows that South Korea has been warming up to the country over the past decade.

■ South Korea’s Top 5 Least Favorite Countries
1. Japan – 44.1% (33.4% in 2002)
2. China – 19.1% (4.6%)
3. North Korea – 11.7% (17.3%)
4. America – 4.8% (18%)
5. Iraq – 0.7% (0.7%)

Correct me if I'm wrong but I think they meant it increased from 4% to 18%. unless someone fucked up on the numbers.

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

nope. in 2002 they had 18%, that's why it's in parenthesis. in this poll they received 4.8% of the votes.

[ari-meh.livejournal.com]

look at china climbing up those rankings (:
south koreans make polls for every single stupid thing.

[soramai.livejournal.com]

lol, they like english speaking countries a lot, minus la suisse.
And it's weird that they hate so much china too.

[sisterjune.livejournal.com]

not weird that they hate china, since china backs the north koreans, sends alot of the koreans who try to escape from NK back to NK even tho it means they will very likely but tortured to death or publicly executed (and their families too even if the whole family didnt try to escape) and NK gets alot of its weapons/money from China. I dont know if that still happens NOW but it certainly did in the past. What confuses me is that they hate China MORE than North Korea. but 1500 people out of the thousands of people who live in South Korea is not really a great reflection of the entire populace.

[singlouder.livejournal.com]

I thought that it was weird that Iraq was on there too, but It's only 0.7% of 1500 people, so I figured it was sort of a fluke.