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June 25 Today is the 70th anniversary of the Korean War in 1950. We have analyzed how the wounds of the 6.25 will remain on us now, especially on the unification and thoughts of North Korea through the National Institute of Unification research. As a result, more than half of the people prioritized coexistence of peace over unification. Interest in North Korea declined year after year, and there was great distrust in the Kim Jong-un regime, but he replied that he would seek dialogue and compromise.

This is the reporter for the special 8 o'clock news and the first news.

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I asked if reunification is necessary if the two Koreas can coexist peacefully without war.

54.9% of respondents said they prefer peace coexistence over unification.

On the other hand, the answer to unification was only 26.3%.

The answer to prioritizing peace coexistence is increasing year by year at 43.1% four years ago, the younger the more prominent.

Peaceful coexistence was 45.6% and unification 36.7% in the 70s or older who experienced the war, but 55.9 in 19.3, 10s and 20s in the 30s, and 63.6 in 17.9% in the Millennials.


However, when asked if they were interested in North Korea, 61.1% said they were not interested.

They left over half of the generations, but up to 71.4 and 69.4% in their 30s and 20s.

[Lee Sang-shin/Director of Unification Policy Research, Korea Institute for National Unification: More and more people think that peace is more important (rather than unification) to us. I think that's the same context that heightens indifference to North Korea.]

Then North Korea's North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, asked if he thought dialogue and compromise were possible.

Yes 15.6, no, distrust 59%.

The response that North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons is 89.5%, a new five-year high.

Nevertheless, 45.7% of respondents said that they should pursue dialogue and compromise with North Korea, and in all generations, there were more answers to seek dialogue and compromise than dialogue and impossibility.

The survey was conducted by the Korea Institute for National Unification and conducted by face-to-face interviews from the 20th of the last month to the 10th of this month. The sample error was ±3.1% points at a 95% confidence level.

(Video coverage: Choi Ho-jun, Video editing: Jeong Hoon Jung)   

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