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S.Koreans View U.S. More Favorably (only S. Korea and Portugal:more positive than negative)
Chosun Ilbo ^ | 04/03/08

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.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: korea; positiveattitude; us

1 posted on 04/03/2008 8:21:24 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; Uncle Ike; RSmithOpt; jiggyboy; 2banana; Travis McGee; OwenKellogg; 31R1O; ...

Ping!


2 posted on 04/03/2008 8:21:53 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Because the muslims haven’t invaded those places yet?


3 posted on 04/03/2008 8:22:42 AM PDT by Londo Molari
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To: Londo Molari
That might have helped.:-)
4 posted on 04/03/2008 8:25:27 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Maybe the countries that don’t view us favorably could stop taking our money?


5 posted on 04/03/2008 8:27:23 AM PDT by Republic of Texas (Socialism Always Fails)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

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!


6 posted on 04/03/2008 8:37:01 AM PDT by 95 Bravo ("Freedom is not free.")
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To: TigerLikesRooster

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.


7 posted on 04/03/2008 8:42:50 AM PDT by PGR88
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“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.


8 posted on 04/03/2008 8:51:41 AM PDT by AuntB ('If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

“South Koreans, Portugal View U.S. More Favorably.”

We can fix that.

Translate the New York Times into Korean and Portugese.


9 posted on 04/03/2008 8:51:58 AM PDT by zeestephen
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To: AuntB
And become Democrats.:-)
10 posted on 04/03/2008 8:55:58 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster (kim jong-il, chia head, ppogri, In Grim Reaper we trust)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Indeed they do.


11 posted on 04/03/2008 9:04:53 AM PDT by AuntB ('If there must be trouble let it be in my day, that my child may have peace." T. Paine)
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S.Koreans View U.S. More Favorably.

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.

12 posted on 04/03/2008 9:14:56 AM PDT by Jakarta ex-pat
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