Posted on 04/03/2008 8:21:23 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
S.Koreans View U.S. More Favorably
Koreans' attitudes toward the U.S. are improving, according to a poll by Britain's broadcaster BBC late last year. A survey of 17,457 people in 34 countries on U.S. influence in the international community shows that the number of positive respondents outnumbered negativists only in South Korea and Portugal.
Among 1,031 South Korean respondents, 49 percent showed a mainly positive attitude toward the U.S. The number of South Korean respondents expressing a mainly negative attitude fell 16 percentage points from 54 percent in late 2006 to 38 percent in the latest survey.
Among the 34 countries, 11 countries showed improved attitudes toward the U.S. Thirty-five percent of respondents worldwide expressed a positive attitude, up 4 percentage points from 31 percent in 2006. The number with negative perceptions of U.S. influence fell 5 percentage points from 52 percent in the previous survey to 47 percent.
Forty-four percent of overall respondents had negative attitudes toward North Korea while 23 percent were positive. Ninety percent of Japanese respondents and 77 percent of American respondents expressed negative views toward the North. Among South Korean respondents, only 17 percent were positive and 72 percent were negative.
Ping!
Because the muslims haven’t invaded those places yet?
Maybe the countries that don’t view us favorably could stop taking our money?
Maybe because the nutball to the north is rattling his saber again? North Korean shells raining on Seoul could change public opinion in a quick hurry!
I don’t think this is so important. The left will always tell us the US is not liked - meanwhile, my Korean business contacts are all trying to get their kids into US Universities. Protect US interests, remain strong and reflect US values and the rest of the world will RESPECT us.
“Among the 34 countries, 11 countries showed improved attitudes toward the U.S. Thirty-five percent of respondents worldwide expressed a positive attitude, up 4 percentage points from 31 percent in 2006. The number with negative perceptions of U.S. influence fell 5 percentage points from 52 percent in the previous survey to 47 percent.”
And yet all of them want to come here.
“South Koreans, Portugal View U.S. More Favorably.”
We can fix that.
Translate the New York Times into Korean and Portugese.
Indeed they do.
Why?
Because the BBC and its poll say so?
"A survey of 17,457 people in 34 countries on U.S. influence in the international community shows that the number of positive respondents outnumbered negativists only in South Korea and Portugal."
That's approx 2,000 per country.
The news Media needs to stop using "Statisticts" to focus on the news, and focus on the real thing.
But wait, they are far more important than the news they "allow" the masses to digest.
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