SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly half of South Korean adults are in favor of some opposition lawmakers’ proposals to abolish the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, a poll showed Thursday. In the poll of 1,016 people nationwide over the age of 18, 48 percent said they agree with the proposed dissolution of [...]
SEOUL, April 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 7 out of 10 South Koreans are willing to receive coronavirus vaccine shots, a poll showed Friday. In a survey on 1,000 people aged 18 and above conducted on Wednesday and Thursday by Gallup Korea, 71 percent said they would like to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Among them, [...]
SEOUL, March 24 (Korea Bizwire) – KT Corp., a major South Korean mobile carrier, said Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding with pollster Gallup Korea to introduce the telecom company’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology in opinion polls. Under the agreement, KT will apply its voice bot and AI call center technology in opinion [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — More residents in South Korea’s capital appeared to be concerned about the new coronavirus pandemic lasting longer here following the recent outbreak traced to nightspots in Itaewon, a poll showed Monday. A combined 53.3 percent of respondents in a recent survey projected the pandemic would end in December or [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans ate out less in 2018 than a year earlier as they tightened their belt amid a weak economy, a poll showed Monday. According to the survey of 3,014 people aged 20-69, South Koreans dined out an average of 20.8 times per month last year, compared with 21.8 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — More than six in 10 South Koreans favor euthanasia for terminal patients when life support is deemed meaningless, a poll showed Friday. In the survey conducted by Seoul National University Hospital, 66.5 percent of 1,241 citizens said they are in favor of removing life support from patients when there [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – President Park Geun-hye’s job approval rating moved up on the back of public support for her historic visit to Iran, a poll showed Thursday. The poll released by local pollster Realmeter showed 35.6 percent approval of the job Park is doing, up 4.6 percentage points from a week earlier. [...]